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The City of McAlester is preparing for potential winter storms and asks citizens and travelers to use caution if they have to get on city streets in icy conditions.

Thursday marked two months on the job for new McAlester City Manager Dave Andren — who said his initial priorities include upgrading city streets.

By James Beaty Managing Editor May 2, 2021 3 hrs ago More changes are underway along U.S. Highway 69 in McAlester, affecting frontage roads running beside the highway. The U.S. Highway 69 west frontage road permanently becomes a one-way road between South Peaceable Road and Village Boulevard effective Friday, May 1, according to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Another change is closing the current Village Boulevard frontage road entrances to U.S. Highway 69. Drivers needing to enter the U.S. Highway 69 northbound lane can access it from the east frontage road at the on-...

JAMES BEATY | Staff photo Work begins Monday on Phase 2 of the U.S. Highway 69 project, with signs posted along Highway 69 south to warn motorists of the new highway driving conditions while work is ongoing. Work zones. Lane closures. Speed reductions. Those were some of the new conditions along U.S. Highway 69 in McAlester as Phase 2 of the highway reconstruction project got underway Monday. Phase 2 of the project along the highway, also known as the George Nigh Expressway where it wends through McAlester, will be on a larger scale than the project’s $13 million Phase I. Phase 2 is budg...

ADRIAN O'HANLON III | Staff photo  A contractor is expected to begin mobilizing around 8 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 11, for the final phase of the U.S. Highway 69 project in McAlester — with construction of an "underpass" beneath the highway included in the plans. A couple of initial impacts are expected, according to Oklahoma Department of Transportation Information Officer Lisa Shearer-Salim, including: • Northbound and southbound traffic on Highway 69 will be narrowed to one lane in each direction from Fourteenth Street to Village Boulevard. • The west frontage, or service road...