CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — It's a busy week on the roads, but it's even busier for the roads in Corpus Christi undergoing construction.
The most recent project on Yorktown is testing the patience of residents on both sides of the mud bridge.
The Corpus Christi Public Works Department has its hands full with three ongoing projects on the city’s south side. The latest involves street maintenance on Yorktown Blvd. from Rodd Field Road to the mud bridge.
"What your experiencing right now is intermittent road closures with flagger operations. That was the only option rather than closing the road entirely, which we weren’t going to do," said Corpus Christi Public Works Director Ernesto De La Garza
According De La Garza, the street maintenance project aims to repair potholes along the road before anticipated rainy weather and to prepare for future projects on Yorktown.
"That road is what you’re going to drive on during construction, so our plan was to go in and add more structure. Definitely not a long-term fix but something that could keep pothole teams out of there," he said.
Yorktown is a lengthy stretch, leaving many residents feeling isolated with the closure of Flour Bluff Drive on one side and the Rodd Field South project on the other, with only one lane in the middle. As depicted in this map from the city’s website.
"We have to make sure we are leaving the house a lot earlier, especially with kids and stuff. We are excited for the road to come and everything to get cleaned out but for now its a little inconvenient," said Rancho Vista neighborhood resident Zach Zamora.
Zamora lives right where the flaggers are managing the single-lane shift. Many drivers are using his neighborhood as a detour, along with heavy machinery.
"I have to be a little bit more careful walking the kids around the neighborhood and things like that. It’s not as quiet as it once was when the machinery is done and we don’t hear the beeping waking us up every morning," he said.
De La Garza said this was their only viable option instead of completely shutting the road down. The good news is they plan to finish this project by Wednesday, November 22, weather permitting.
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