Drivers in Windsor are being asked for patience as planned road construction work will reduce eastbound traffic to one lane on a section of the E.C. Row Expressway.

Crews will be resurfacing asphalt on the city’s major artery between Jefferson Boulevard and Banwell Road.

The work is scheduled to wrap up by Oct. 11.

However, resurfacing on the westbound lanes, in the same area is slated to start in the new year.

City engineers say after about 20 years of pounding from vehicles it’s time for the work to be done