Workers with Columbus-based Falcon Contracting use a milling machine to grind up the top layer of asphalt along 22nd Avenue on Monday in downtown Meridian.

A paving project in Meridian’s medical district resumed Monday as Falcon Contracting crews picked up where they left off a few weeks ago. Workers began milling up old asphalt along 22nd Avenue to ready the road for fresh paving.

Several streets within the downtown area and medical district have already been paved as part of the first phase of the project, with re-surfacing of additional streets set to get underway.

Streets scheduled for paving include:

• 22nd Avenue from Eighth Street to 14th Street;
• 20th Avenue from 14th Street to 16th Street;
• 16th Street from 22nd Avenue to 23rd Avenue;
• 13th Street from Front Street Extension to 11th Avenue;
• 13th Street from 21st Avenue to 22nd Avenue;
• 12th Street from 19th Avenue to 22nd Avenue;
• 10th Street from 24th Avenue to 25th Avenue;
• Ninth Street from 19th Avenue to 20th Avenue;
• Ninth Street from 24th Avenue to 26th Avenue; and
• Front Street Extension from 14th Street to 13th Avenue.

Assistant Public Works Director Van Zandt advised motorists to pay attention when traveling through the work areas and be prepared to take alternate routes. Paving work is expected to be completed within the next couple of weeks, he said.

Phase 1 of the Medical District Paving Project is paid for by bond funds.