CLAY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced that a patch and resurfacing project will begin this week in Clay and Putnam Counties.

The contractor will perform overnight patching work through Greencastle beginning Thursday, April 2 and Friday, April 3 between 7:30 p.m. until 6 a.m., weather permitting.

Then the contractor will begin resurfacing the area on U.S 40 from the east city limits of Brazil through Knightsville and Harmony.  This work will begin on or after Monday, April 6 and will have one lane closed in each direction in the area they will be working. Construction is scheduled to be completed by June 20.

Wabash Valley Asphalt Inc. was awarded the $5 million contract.