MARSHALL — Construction is still going in downtown Marshall, but things appear to be moving along well, Marshall Public Works Director Jason Anderson said.

“I think we are making good progress,” Anderson said Friday. Work by R and G Construction and Hess Concrete was on track, in the project that will replace water and sewer lines and rebuild the streets and sidewalks along parts of North Third Street and West Lyon Street.

Anderson said grading work was in progress on Lyon Street between East College Drive and Third Street, and the intersection of Third and Lyon Street was also coming along. At the same time, utility work on Lyon Street between Third and Fifth Street would be largely done by the end of Friday, he said.

Anderson said the new utility lines are replacing aging city infrastructure. A four-inch cast iron water main is being replaced with an eight-inch PVC pipeline.

“We expect the lifespan to last a very long time,” Anderson said. The new sewer lines are also replacing old clay pipes, he said.

Once utility work is done, work will turn to rebuilding the streets with concrete paving. The goal is to have the project completed in October, Anderson said. “It’s going to start to look more complete quickly now,” he said.

One part of the planned construction that won’t be done this fall is the reconstruction of the Addison public parking lot near the corner of Lyon Street and East College Drive. Anderson said the city is looking at updating the parking lot next year. In the meantime, the public is being asked to follow the new traffic arrows that have been painted in the parking lot, and to follow the alley between Third Street and College Drive one way. Traffic in the alley should only travel from Third Street to College Drive.

As the street and utility work has progressed down Lyon Street, it has meant some additional changes in traffic flow. Currently, the public parking lot at the corner of Fifth and Lyon Street can only be accessed through the alley. Traffic flow for the Wells Fargo bank drive-through has also changed, and access to the parking lot at Horvath Funeral Service’s Marshall location was cut off by the construction.

“We knew for a long time this was coming,” funeral director Quinn Horvath said of the construction project. “It’s not a perfect world, but what do you do?”

While the construction meant some inconveniences for funeral services, Horvath said most of it was mitigated by staying in communication with the city, contractors and area families.

“R and G has been really good to work with,” he said. For one memorial service last month, contractors were able to build a dirt ramp leading from the public parking lot across the street over to the Horvath Remembrance Center. “It really did work well,” Horvath said.

Anderson said R and G has tried to prioritize access for pedestrians and businesses during construction.