The orange cones that have lined the weather-worn fences along Pyramid Highway, between Greenbrae Drive and Roberta Lane, will be replaced with green shrubs and new sidewalk after Wednesday.

"We are hoping to be out of there in two days," David Squier, Construction manager for Reno Green Landscaping, said of the project's completion.

The sidewalk enhancement project began in November and will be shifting focus to the roadside dirt on McCarran Boulevard between York Way and Prater Way at the end of this week.

The paths and plants are being put in on State owned land and maintained by the City of Sparks. The money for the improvement project came from a Federal grant.

No road closures or lane restrictions are expected according to City of Sparks Spokesman Adam Mayberry.

"It is mostly shoulder work," Mayberry said. "The project is mostly a pedestrian access issue."

The sidewalks and shrubs for both projects follow the same path of design.

Layers of city approved top soil and decomposed granite will provide a bed for sea green juniper bushes and low ground shrubs. A climbing vine of grapes on a freestanding fence will be added to the Pyramid Way project after the weather warms, Squier said.

"What we are doing is really just dressing it up," Squier said.

On the other side of the fence at the Pyramid Highway project, Mark and Elizabeth Rogers were looking forward to the project being finished.

"This is obviously an old neighborhood that needs some repairs, so this is a good thing," Mark said.

The couple said that the project has produced a little late-night noise and some road blockages on York Way.

"There have been a few trucks making nose at 3 a.m.," Elizabeth said. "But in the end it's a good thing."

Mark added that the couple was used to the noise after living in New York City for the past seven years and just recently moving back.

"To be gone that long and then come back (to Sparks) and see the growth is an amazing thing," Mark said. "It's nice to see that they are trying to keep up with the growth."