Anyone planning to drive along a section of South Saunders Street this weekend will have to reroute themselves.

Local traffic will have access to Dorothea Drive from the north on southbound South Saunders Street.

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Jamaica Drive and Lake Wheeler Road will be accessed from the south by using northbound South Saunders Street.

The closing will enable work to be done on a bridge that is part of the Western Boulevard Extension construction project.