Work to improve Lamar and Bowie streets is set to take place early 2020. Both roads are expected to undergo street reconstruction, utility replacement, drainage improvements and miscellaneous enhancements spanning from Oak Street to Walnut Street. The project is expected to take 245 days, or about eight months, not accounting for potential weather delays.

Timeline: January-August 2020

Cost: $1.5 million

Funding source: city of Roanoke