Attention Beaufort drivers: Pay attention to this Boundary Street traffic change

A planned Boundary Street traffic shift this weekend has been pushed back but isn’t expected to affect those headed to the Beaufort Water Festival.

A single lane of Boundary Street will be closed headed east toward Beaufort from Applebee’s to the former United Way building, the city said in a news release. The shift will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday and continue all day Sunday as crews work on a boardwalk along the marsh and concrete curb.

The work is planned to begin late enough to avoid drivers headed to the Beaufort Water Festival concert, the release said.

The $33-million Boundary Street project is expected to be complete in early 2018 after work started at the beginning of last year. The project includes raised medians, two 11-foot lanes in each direction, wider sidewalks and buried utility lines.

This story was originally published July 14, 2017 at 6:20 AM with the headline "Attention Beaufort drivers: Pay attention to this Boundary Street traffic change."