St. Louis commuters will have to endure a couple more months of construction as workers repave and revamp Kingshighway in segments, city officials said.

The project has tested drivers’ patience as the city updates the nine-mile thoroughfare top-to-bottom , part of a multi-year effort to make the city’s major roads safer using $46 million in pandemic relief funds.

While many drivers dislike the long traffic jams and rough segments of pavement – “I’d rather gargle with razor blades than to drive on Kingshighway right now,” one Facebook user wrote – St. Louis Complete Streets Program Manager Scott Ogilvie said that the final product will mean fewer risks for drivers and pedestrians .

The windfall from the American Rescue Plan Act funding means the city can be more ambitious, he sai

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