{"id":41919,"date":"2026-07-07T08:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=41919"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:31:20","slug":"work-planned-on-jefferson-avenue-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/41919-work-planned-on-jefferson-avenue-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Planned on Jefferson Avenue Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The City of Effingham and CN Railroad will be working on Jefferson Ave for the next week or so.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson Ave from Merchant St. to Front St. will be closed beginning 7:00AM July 7th until 5:00PM July 15th for railroad construction. The City of Effingham will also be conducting periodic lane closures on Jefferson Ave from Merchant St. to Maple St. for street resurfacing during the same time frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Effingham and CN Railroad will be working on Jefferson Ave for the next week or so. 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