Roads to close near Washington Square this weekend

Leon County will be closing roads as part of the ongoing work for the Washington Square repairs and restoration downtown.

The closure is for the removal of fencing and walls adjacent to the defunct construction project, as well as milling and resurfacing work.

The work being done by the county aims to restore the rights-of-way and sidewalks but the work will not deal with the main structure itself so locals will not be free of the eyesore just yet.

Starting Oct. 20 through Oct. 22 from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly, there will be a temporary road closure on these streets:

• South Calhoun Street from East College Avenue to East Jefferson Street.
• South Gadsden Street from East Jefferson Street to East College Avenue.
• East Jefferson Street from South Calhoun Street to South Gadsden Street.

According to a press release, southbound traffic on Calhoun Street will have the option of detouring east onto College Avenue, then south onto Meridian Street, then west on Pensacola Street to Calhoun Street, or west onto College Street, then south onto Monroe Street, then east onto Apalachee Parkway.

Northbound traffic on Gadsden Street will be detoured east onto Jefferson Street, then north onto Meridian Street, then west onto College Avenue to Gadsden Street.

There will be another set of road closures Oct. 23 through late November for resurfacing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.:

• The easternmost lane of South Calhoun Street just north of East College Avenue to East Jefferson Street. This closure includes parallel parking spaces just north of East College Avenue.
• The westmost lane of South Gadsden Street from East Pensacola Street to just south of East College Avenue.
• The westbound lane of East Jefferson Street from South Calhoun Street to South Gadsden Street.