{"id":1506993,"date":"2026-05-15T13:43:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1506993"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:13:54","slug":"road-improvements-planned-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1506993","title":{"rendered":"Road improvements planned soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/06\/roadwork-e1753214682338-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-628735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/06\/roadwork-e1753214682338-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/06\/roadwork-e1753214682338-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/06\/roadwork-e1753214682338.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>TYLER &#8211; The Street and Stormwater Department is preparing to begin improvements on Old Bascom Road. The road will be closed\u00a0Friday, May 22,\u00a0and is\u00a0anticipated to reopen Thursday, June 25.<\/p>\n<p>Message boards will be placed at the intersections of\u00a0Old Omen Road and Old Bascom Road, as well as Kent Drive and Old Bascom Road,\u00a0to alert drivers to the upcoming closure.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nThe project includes replacing two collapsing tin culverts under the road with new prefabricated concrete box culverts. Crews will also make road repairs in the area. The entire road will be closed during construction.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The following roads and intersections will be\u00a0impacted:<br \/>\n<strong>*<\/strong>Old\u00a0Bascom Road &#8211; Entire road\u00a0closed during construction\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>*<\/strong>Old Omen Road &#038; Old Bascom Road intersection \u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>*<\/strong>Kent Drive &#038; Old Bascom Road intersection \u00a0<br \/>\nDrivers can expect delays in these areas and are encouraged to use alternate routes. Message boards, barricades, and closure signs will be placed throughout the project area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8211; The Street and Stormwater Department is preparing to begin improvements on Old Bascom Road. The road will be closed\u00a0Friday, May 22,\u00a0and is\u00a0anticipated to reopen Thursday, June 25. Message boards will be placed at the intersections of\u00a0Old Omen Road and Old Bascom Road, as well as Kent Drive and Old Bascom Road,\u00a0to alert drivers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1506993\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Road improvements planned soon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1507945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/06\/roadwork-e1753214682338-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1506993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 04:06:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/06\/roadwork-e1753214682338-200x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1506993"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1507956,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506993\/revisions\/1507956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1507945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1506993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1506993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1506993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}