Kyle city leaders approved construction on North Burleson Street Tuesday, a process city officials admitted could be “painful” for local residents.

The project will consist of rebuilding and widening North Burleson Street, along with the construction of an extension of Marketplace to I-35. A contract was approved with M.A. Smith Contracting Co. Inc., an Austin-based company, for an amount not to exceed about $6.9 million, a figure that includes a five percent contingency.

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