Construction is beginning on a project to rebuild Pecan Street in Marthasville, and is expected to be complete within two months.The Marthasville Board of Aldermen in August approved a more than $321,000 contract with Lamke Trenching and Excavating to repave and widen Pecan Street from Highway 47 to the bridge at Four Street.Stormwater drains also will be rebuilt and sidewalks installed as part of the project, Mayor David Lange said.Lamke has 60 days from the start of the project to finish the construction. The street will be closed to through traffic at times, but residents on the street will still have access.The mayor said Pecan Street is one of the busiest roads in Marthasville, with over 1,000 vehicle uses per day, according to a recent traffic count.“This street is long overdue for improvements. It’s rough, it’s narrow, there are problems with stormwater drainage,” Lange explained.He added that the Pecan Street intersection at Highway 47 will be realigned to directly face Dollar General across the highway. That way, residents will be able to go straight across instead of swerving to get between Dollar General and Pecan Street.Plans to rebuild Pecan Street have been in the works for several years. The project was delayed in 2015, when the Missouri Department Transportation pulled back on a road construction cost sharing program the city had been hoping to take advantage of.Officials also had to finish securing easements from property owners to widen the road.In 2017, the board of aldermen approved using city funds to fully finance the project.The construction project will include redirecting a creek where it passes close to Pecan Street, which is why additional easements were needed, Lange said.Pecan Street reconstruction is the first phase of a larger road project planned by the city. A portion of West South Street between Pecan Street and One Street also will eventually be rebuilt as funds allow, Lange said.Engineering for both phases of the project was ordered in October 2017.Pecan StreetSubmitted photo