A test blast allowed engineers to calculate the optimum amount of explosives required for excavation at the site as work goes forward.
Completion of the test blast is expected to allow production blasting to begin about noon on Monday. The contractor plans to set off explosives about every one or two days, with all blasting scheduled at approximately noon. Blasting on the project will be isolated to the area between Crayne Cemetery Road and Lloyd Road southeast of the Crayne community. An audible safety warning horn will provide an advance notice near the blasting site.
The blasting site will be in the knobs area east of existing U.S. 641 between mile point 2.565 and mile point 3.188.
Road Builders and Parkway Construction of Greenville is the prime contractor on this $18.6 million highway improvement project to build a four-lane section between Marion and Fredonia.
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