"Road work ___? Uh, yeah, I sure hope it does!" (5)

I believe the answer is:

ahead

(Other definitions for ahead that I've seen before include "In the lead, in advance" , "In the vanguard" , "at pole" , "advanced" , "In the future" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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