Minor concrete work and two more inches of pavement on the new road surface reportedly are all that remain to be completed before the State Highway 349 extension to U.S. Highway 87 is complete. However, that work is not expected to be completed for several more months. “Our contractor’s crews are waiting for the weather to warm up to be able to place the final road surface,” Dianah Ascencio, Public Information Officer with the Lubbock District of the Texas Department of Transportation, told the Press-Reporter in an email on Tuesday morning. “We anticipate work to place the final two inches of pavement on ...