The Dalles Public Works Department will kick-off the 2018 utility service improvement season on East 12th Street between Kelly Avenue and Dry Hollow Road. No parking zone signs are being placed today ahead of street closures on Monday. Motorists are asked to park vehicles outside of the work zone during work hours. On Monday crews will begin to replace galvanized pipe with copper pipe from the main to the meter on both sides of East 12th Street from Kelly Avenue to F Street. Homes affected will be contacted directly about temporary water outages. A full road closure will be in effect there from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. Meanwhile, transportation crews will prepare the street surface for chip sealing this summer on East 12th Street between Dry Hollow Road and H Street. Rolling road closures will take place east to west from Dry Hollow toward H Street.