City crews in McAllen are nearly done with a project to extend a storm sewer line in McAllen.

To complete the project, city officials announced they're closing Main Street from Jay to Lark avenues on Saturday.

“We’re making sure that the public is traveling safely and without having water in the streets is a big, big improvement,” McAllen engineering Director Eduardo Mendoza said. “We decided to do this on a weekend so that we don’t disrupt school traffic. We think it will be done by Saturday. If we need to, we have Sunday to extend it to.”

The project costs nearly $1 million and was paid for through a traffic drainage bond.