Residents in Saint Martinville can look forward to a smoother commute, as a city-wide reconstruction project comes to an end.

The past two months have been filled with construction to smooth roadways and protect them from the elements.

For residents in Saint Martinville, driving around town before the latest reconstruction project could've led to an unpleasant trip, due to the condition of the roadways.

In fact, some say the roads were so bad that they even took a toll on residents' vehicles.

To help alleviate the problem, the city stepped in and invested nearly three million dollars to put into the roadways, giving the streets a much needed reconstructive surgery.

"We're doing approximately 80 micro seal streets, and with overlay reconstruction and patching of concrete, close to another 100, so approximately 200 streets will get a facelift in st. Martinville" said Mayor Thomas Nelson.

Along with some streets getting completely gutted then re-paved, others are being sealed to protect them from the elements of Southwest, Louisiana.

"One of the reasons you do the micro sealing, even if you have a good street is to protect the base. A lot of people don't realize the base is the street. The asphalt is only there to protect the base" says Mayor Nelson.

The project will be paid for by city tax revenue, but the mayor intended to get money from the stimulus package for it.

He says the construction was shovel ready, but when it came down to it, the money went to the state instead.

Mayor Nelson tells us the project should be complete within a month.