(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Work officially began yesterday morning to bring down the Hotel Marysville.

The contractor who won the bid for demolition, J&M Environmental of Granite Bay tells The Appeal-Democrat that they’re beginning gradually, with the top floor “before major demolition begins next Wednesday.”

It is hoped that E Street, in front of the hotel, will be reopened to two-way-traffic by the end of January.