TDOT says repairs to Highway 68 may go into mid-July. Since crews are working while traffic is in the area, we’re told the project is taking a bit longer than originally expected.

“They have to deal with live traffic, that takes a lot longer if the road had been just closed and we could just come and go at will. They have to work around traffic, take delivery of large shipment of rock. It just takes a lot longer,” Jennifer Flynn, a TDOT spokesperson, said.

Currently, there is one lane open, and it is controlled by a traffic signal.