A road project that’s not just several months in length - but several behind schedule - will wrap up in the coming weeks.

Crews poured the final truckload of concrete Wednesday on the threemile stretch of Dover-Crescent Road that has been under construction much of the past year.

Road crews still had about a 100-foot portion they were going to complete “by hand” on Friday and then make repairs to three portions that were previously laid.

According to Steve Altman, who said he talked with crews on Wednesday, it was projected the road would be opened by Sept. 17.

“It may be a little sooner,” offered Kingfisher County District 2 Com- missioner Mike Sparks on Thursday. “It may be ready by about Sept. 12.”

The stretch of road that was repaved was from County Road N2890 east to N2920, the latter of which is Banner Blacktop.

Work began last October.

Signs stated the project was estimated to be completed by the spring of 2025, but in April, officials said it would most likely be July.

It’s one of three major projects that have taken place within District 2.

Others have included a bridge replacement on N2970 Road, also called Sheridan Road, about one mile north of the former Six-Mile Bar location on Dover-Crescent Road. Another was County Road E700, known as Beard Blacktop north of Dover, which saw a total replacement of that ninemile stretch of road.

While the price tags for the projects are hefty, Sparks offered the reminder that the hit to county taxpayers was minimal.

“Kingfisher County taxpayers only paid 10 percent of that,” he said. “The other 90 percent is from state and federal CED (Circuit Engineering District) funds.”

Altman offered to the KT&FP that he was told the Dover-Crescent Road project required about 20,000 yards of concrete, or about 2,000 loads.

The project also included multiple concrete culverts for drainage.

Altman’s oil company has several wells in the area and said the lengthy construction has made navigating the area difficult.

“But to their credit, I think they really did it right,” he said. “It has very good drainage included.”