Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance crews will chip seal 28 lane miles of U.S. Highway 31 in Jackson and Scott counties, beginning next week. INDOT says that the work is scheduled to take place on July 27th. July 31st and August 1st, with the work dependent on the weather.

The schedule calls for the work to begin July 27th when the north-south highway will close at the U.S. 50 intersection at Seymour while crews apply surface treatment. Operations will progress southward toward State Road 256 at Austin with flaggers directing traffic around moving work-sites. The following Monday and Tuesday, chip seal activities will continue on U.S. 31 between U.S. 50 and Industrial Parkway at Austin. No application will be made through Crothersville.

INDOT says that chip seal applications are highly cost-effective, as every one-dollar spent saves $6 to $14 in subsequent expenditures.