Officials with Northeast Alabama Water District have informed WEIS Radio that the anticipated maintenance work along the Alabama Highway 9 causeway between Cedar Bluff and Centre is now underway.

Contractors will be working along the causeway from 6:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, for an estimated 3 weeks. During this time, traffic will be down to 1 lane only with temporary traffic lights used to control the flow of traffic.

After 4:30pm each day, it is expected that traffic will return to 2 lanes as normal.

The public is asked to please be patient during as extended wait times are to be expected and to be watchful for workers along the roadway.