Beginning next week, drivers who travel regularly on Dove Road from Ottinger Road to Blue Sky Drive will need to take a detour.

The Town of Westlake is scheduled to close Dove Road from Vaquero Golf Club to Paigebrooke subdivisions beginning Monday, April 16. Pearson Lane from Summer Lane to Dove Road will also be closed to traffic. However, property owners who live adjacent to the construction areas will be allowed access.

Drivers will be detoured to Westlake Academy and Hwy. 170, Summer Lane, Fawkes Lane to Randol Mill Avenue. Dove Road from Randol Mill Avenue to Blue Sky Drive will remain open.

The closures are expected to last about four months.

"The Town recognizes that the roadway improvements will cause a temporary inconvenience to residents and those who use our internal roadways," Westlake spokeswoman Amanda DeGan said in a news release. "We truly appreciate your patience during this period and will attempt to minimize the inconvenience as much as possible."

The road closures are part of a $4.6 million economic development agreement with Hillwood Properties to improve the town's roadways. Workers will stabilize road subgrade, install new drainage at a creek west of the fire station located on Dove Road, as well as add 7 inches of asphalt and turn lanes at Pearson Lane.

For more information, contact Westlake Public Works Director Jarrod Greenwood at 817-680-1422 or [email protected].