Kettering David Road construction finished, all lanes open

East David Road's westbound lanes from Ackerman Boulevard to Far Hills Avenue in Kettering have been closed since early June. They are expected to reopen this week, a city official said. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF

East David Road's westbound lanes from Ackerman Boulevard to Far Hills Avenue in Kettering have been closed since early June. They are expected to reopen this week, a city official said. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF

A Kettering detour since early June near the heart of city has ended as all East David Road lanes in that area have reopened, according to the city.

Westbound lanes on a section of David between Ohio 48, or Far Hills Avenue, and Ackerman Boulevard were closed for weeks, causing a detour due to a repaving project.

But westbound traffic between Sunray Road and Ackerman near Alter High School is now open and the work is about 90% complete on a $1.48 million resurfacing project, Kettering Project Engineer Chad Ingle said.

“The only remaining item to complete is the signal rebuild at Ackerman and David,” Ingle said in an email. “The contractor is waiting for the new poles to come in to install them. They are expected to come in this November and the project can be completed.”

Both eastbound and westbound lanes of David were repaved in that area, Kettering officials said.

“There’ll still be some work going on on the side of the road, just to clean up,” Assistant City Manager Steve Bergstresser said.

The city wanted to finish the work before the start of the school year, he said. Alter’s first day of classes is Aug. 15.

The work included concrete repair of curbs, and a replacement of the traffic signal at Ackerman and David near Alter and St. Charles Borromeo Church, Ingle said.

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