All residents of northwest Midland will be happy to know that contractors working on Fairgrounds Road have finally opened up the northbound lanes to Loop 250.

According to NewsWest 9, after months of being closed completely, now Fairgrounds Road is open going northbound from just south of Wadley to Loop 250.

Also a new traffic signal has been installed at the Wadley intersection and full two way traffic is planned to be open sometime next week.

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