If you’ve traveled the road in Ogden, you’ve seen all the orange-and-white traffic barriers. Maybe it’s caused you to shake your fist.

As Ogden schools resume classes on Friday, though, at least some of the roadway in front of Mount Ogden Junior High School has opened back up — providing a measure of respite for drivers. The closed-off section of Harrison Boulevard from 12th Street to Seventh Street by Ben Lomond High School, though, will stay off limits until sometime in October.

Distinct projects, including development of the Utah Transit Authority’s Bus Rapid Transit system, account for the work along Harrison Boulevard. Here’s a look at where things stand:

Near Ben Lomond High School: Notably, Harrison Boulevard was closed to traffic from 12th Street north to around Seventh Street late last spring for upgrades along the stretch.

The closure will continue until sometime in October, said Mike McBride, spokesman for Ogden Mayor Mike Caldwell. “We’ll see traffic flowing, probably the first week in October,” he said, though some work will continue after that before the project is totally complete.

Meantime, access to Ben Lomond High School — classes resume Friday — is perhaps easiest from the west, via Ninth or Seventh streets. The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind complex is accessible via Seventh Street, with Harrison Boulevard still closed south of Seventh but open to the north.

McBride said the work on Harrison Boulevard between 12th and Seventh streets is focused on improving the underground water lines and the stormwater and sewer systems in the section. Sidewalk improvements abutting the Ben Lomond High School campus are also in the works.

The configuration of Harrison Boulevard in the area will stay largely the same, notwithstanding all the work, he said.

Near Mount Ogden Junior High School: Through the summer, traffic has been routed to different corridors of Harrison Boulevard between 30th and 36th streets to accommodate installation of new water lines through the middle of the road. The work is a precursor to upgrades to accommodate the planned Utah Transit Authority Bus Rapid Transit system in development that will link the downtown FrontRunner station and Weber State University.

The section from 30th to 32nd streets had been largely cleared of barriers as of Wednesday, though, easing traffic flow to the junior high school. Southbound autos can turn left onto 32nd Street, allowing access to the school for students and staff as classes start on Friday.

Likewise, 32nd Street on the east side of Harrison Boulevard, closed for sewer line work, has reopened.

Still, motorists aren’t totally off the hook. The center of Harrison is closed off for work from 32nd Street through 36th Street, with left turns prohibited. And the roadway in that section will be the focus of work through late 2022 or early 2023 as it’s upgraded to accommodate the BRT system, a high-speed bus corridor largely along Harrison Boulevard and 25th Street between the downtown area and Weber State.

Other notes pertaining to the BRT project: The 7-Eleven convenience store building at the northwest corner of 32nd Street and Harrison Boulevard will eventually be razed to accommodate the new BRT line. James Larson, a UTA spokesperson, said the store owners plan to relocate, possibly to the open spot on the southwest corner of the intersection or somewhere else.

Carriage Cleaners sat on the southwest corner of 32nd Street and Harrison Boulevard, but the building was demolished, also as part of the BRT project. The Carriage Cleaners and 7-Eleven buildings are the only structures that will have to be razed to make way for the new bus corridor.