Work on a South Main Street-Ryon Avenue roundabout could start soon, and is expected to be finished in about a year, Hinesville City Council members learned.

City engineer Paul Simonton detailed the work to be done on the roundabout at the council’s June 5 meeting, and a contract of $1.14 million was awarded to Curb and Gutter Professionals, a Jesup firm, to put in the roundabout.

Traffic will continue as work on the roundabout is being done, Simonton said.

“We won’t be taking any traffic out of service,” he said. “Traffic will continue moving during the construction of this roundabout.”

Because the interruption to traffic will be lesser for the Ryon Avenue/ South Main roundabout, it is being done first, Simonton said. The roundabout planned for Hendry Street and South Main, however, will be a much larger interruption for traffic flow. The city is acquiring needed right-of-way for that project, Simonton added.

Curb and Gutter is expected to start work on the Ryon Avenue roundabout as soon as August and if the weather complies, they could be done as early as next spring, Simonton said.

“They’re anxious to get started,” he said.

Funding for the roundabout work is coming from the current transportation special local option sales tax.

South Main Street widening work is moving ahead, Simonton added, with a utility company relocating its gas lines.

“We’re finding conflicts and dealing with those,” he said. “We’re moving along pretty good right now.”

The traffic signal on Veterans Parkway between Walmart and Lowe’s went into operation last Thursday, a day behind schedule, because of the weather.

Water and sewer lines for the Stonehenge subdivision will be re-routed, and there have been meetings with residents in Oak Crest to let them know their reuse water will be cut off throughout the summer, Simonton added. That project will be under construction until next fall, Simonton said.

A green zone well in Long County which will serve the west side of Hinesville is in, and construction on the well house is underway, Simonton noted. That well could become operational as soon as August.

The well, permitted last fall by the state Environmental Protection Division, is expected to provide up to 1 million gallons of water per day for the city’s westside.

Also on the city’s westside, the new pickleball courts under construction at Krebs Park are expected to be ready for action by July 11, Simonton said.