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Portions of southeast Commercial and and Liberty streets will have lane closures through Friday, May 16, as the city works to install streetlights.

The lanes will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Both streets will be closed between southeast Leslie and Trade streets just south of downtown. For more information, see the city’s Facebook post.

Lane closures from May 7 through 16. (Courtesy/ City of Salem)

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