Why is traffic detouring around major Hopewell corridor for two weeks?

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A section of Woodlawn Street in Hopewell will be closed for 11 days for water main repairs.

The closure will begin Sept. 29 and is expected to last until Oct. 10.

Detour routes will be established for both passenger vehicles and heavy trucks.

Hopewell plans to close a portion of Woodlawn Street for 11 days starting Sept. 29 so that water main lines can be repaired.

In a statement Sept. 25, the city said Woodlawn Street, a major one-way east-to-west corridor, will be closed from the point where it branches off from Winston Churchill Drive and Oaklawn Boulevard to its intersection with Ashland Street − a distance of less than one mile. The work is expected to last until Oct. 10.

The city will set up two detour routes for traffic, both starting at the intersection of