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Roadwork will close 2nd Avenue in Owen Sound

Motorists will have to avoid 2nd Avenue West in downtown Owen Sound due to road work.

The section between 11th Street West to 14th Street West will close tomorrow morning, and will then close daily until Friday afternoon.

According to EC King Contracting, the road is expected to close at about 7 a.m. each morning and reopen at about 6 p.m.

Workers will be rehabilitating that part of the road, and then repaving.

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