Another Cedar Rapids road will soon be switching from one-way to two-way traffic and this time it's not downtown.

The city has just started work on Oakland Road NE.

Crews will be working on utilities and road surface improvements this week as roadwork is taking place between 32nd Street and 29th Street.

Oakland Road is currently reduced to one lane in that area.

Eventually workers will be converting Oakland Road from one-way traffic to two way traffic between H Avenue and 32nd Street.

"It's a part of an overall look at how our traffic patterns have changed over time, those one way pairs were done a long time ago even before the interstate was in place so traffic patterns have changed a lot and it's just reaction to that and where we need to focus our use of traffic control," says Doug Wilson, the Paving for Progress Program Manager.

Cedar Rapids will also convert part of Center Point Road to two-way traffic by 2019.

The city tells TV9 they'll begin their improvement work on Center Point Road right after Labor Day.

The Paving for Progress work on Oakland Road and Center Point Road is expected to cost nearly 2. 2 million dollars.