Gate work set to begin Monday Published Jan. 10, 2014 By Jenny Gordon Robins Public Affairs ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Beginning Monday, one of the entrances to Robins will be closed for two months due to a major road project. Pavement resurfacing at the Martin Luther King Jr. Gate will involve removing and replacing the pavement and sub-base of the road vehicles use to enter the base from Ga. Highway 247. The project is scheduled to be completed March 8. Today is the last day the gate will be open from 6 to 8 a.m. to inbound traffic. The gate will continue to be open for outbound traffic. Note that during this time the Air National Guard gate will also be open from 6 to 8 a.m. for both inbound and outbound traffic. However, outbound traffic is right-hand turn only. The closure of the MLK gate to inbound traffic will have no effect on truck traffic entering at the commercial gate just north; trucks will still have access, according to Maj. Amy Rivera, 78th Security Forces Squadron commander. The project follows weeks of busy road paving across Robins, including milling and paving along portions of Page Road and Beale Drive. Construction on Macon Street from Seventh to Ninth streets has resumed; the project was delayed due to weather. A portion of North Perimeter Road from Finch Lane to Bldg. 2030 is also closed until further notice. Recent rain caused a pipe to collapse and a section of the road washed away. The 78th Civil Engineer Group is in the process of securing an emergency repair contract. What to know: As reported in the Rev-Up Nov. 8 , work on the Martin Luther King Jr. Gate (gate 5) was set to begin Jan. 6. However, due to weather, the start date was delayed. Work is set to begin Monday.