There has been significant progress on the Pepper Street reconstruction project in Monroe. A substantial stretch of the road has been excavated, drainage work completed, and the first course of pavement applied. One side of the new box culvert near Jockey Hollow Road has been installed and is now being backfilled.  Up next, utility companies will be completing the transfer of overhead wires between Commerce Drive and Cambridge Drive and the relocation of a fire hydrant.  Significant roadway excavation, reconstruction, and formation of embankments was necessary in the area between Cambridge Drive and Commerce Drive.  That section of Pepper Street was closed to through traffic this weekend to allow for round-the-clock work. The road will be limited to local access starting on Friday at 7pm, and concluding sometime on Sunday.  The road will be opened as soon as the work is completed, and prior to paving which will follow.  Detour signs will be posted.