The paving work on Longmont’s South Main Street will shut down for the winter on Wednesday.

So far, crews have installed storm drainage improvements and new pavement from First Avenue to Third Avenue, and the project as a whole is about 40 percent complete, according to a city news release.

The second phase of repaving Main between Ken Pratt Boulevard and Second Avenue will begin in mid-February. The work on the Main Street Bridge, where contractors are replacing the bridge one half at a time, will continue through the winter.

While the paving project is temporarily shut down, all Main Street lanes will remain open except those lanes impacted by the bridge work, the news release said. The bridge is scheduled to be complete in September.

Both the paving and the bridge replacement are part of the city’s Focus on South Main initiative. More information about Focus on South Main is available at LongmontColorado.gov/FOSM.