Downtown Petrolia merchants are catching a break from the engineer spearheading a two-year, $4.5-million reconstruction project on Petrolia Line.
Mayor John McCharles says work won't begin until the end of July with the core area not likely to be impacted until mid August.
It's an attempt to keep traffic flowing through the busy month of July.
McCharles says garbage and recycling shouldn't be affected.
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Phase one of the project is expected to be completed by November 13.
The town, Lambton County and upper tier government are sharing the cost of the reconstruction which includes new underground infrastructure.
