TULSA, Okla. — The intersection at 27th and Harvard changed to an all-way stop while crews worked on storm drain maintenance.
Business owners near that work say they've seen a busier rush hour and expect that to continue for the next several days.
"It just seems a little more difficult to get around," said Jacob Byrne.
Jacob Byrne is the manager at Trenchers. He said it's a busy area that's only gotten busier.
"They have had a great influx in traffic buildup," said Byrne. It's definitely bumper-to-bumper. We've had people taking alternate ways or going out through the neighborhood instead because it's so backed up."
The city temporarily turned off the traffic lights and put out an all-way stop to perform routine maintenance on the storm drains.
"Any given day here at Harvard, we have a floor-to-ceiling window, so it's like looking at a flat-screen TV of the outside world here," said Scott Smith.
Scott Smith works at Southern Agriculture, a business near Trenchers at the corner of Harvard and the Broken Arrow Expressway.
"It's pretty busy at any given moment," said Smith. "Harvard is usually pretty busy."
He's thankful it doesn't quite impact his daily commute.
"I get here pretty early in the morning, so thankful for me, it's pretty easy to get in," said Smith.
The construction started on March 20 and is expected to take ten days.
"Around rush hour, around 5 p.m., it gets much more difficult to turn out of the complex, and we see the traffic backed up along 21st Street quite a ways," said Byrne.
The city is asking drivers to allow more time or find alternate routes while they work.
View the 2 News interactive traffic map here.
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