Road Work | Oct. 2-6
September 29, 2023 | By Waterbury Roundabout Fresh pavement has been added to the residential section of Little River Road nearest the intersection with U.S. Route 2. Town crews will be working in the area to add speed tables and on gravel shoulders. Photo by Gordon Miller
Main Street curb and sidewalk repairs have been completed with one final step remaining to seal new concrete in the areas where patches were made.
Waterbury Public Works Director Bill Woodruff on Friday said the last construction signs and markers have been removed now. The sealing process should take one day with one or two workers. That will complete the process this year to remove wooden utility poles and then patch the sidewalks where the poles were previously.
The work essentially ends the $21 million Main Street reconstruction project that began in 2019 to rebuild nearly a mile of Main Street and its sidewalks, replacing old water and sewer lines and storm drains along the way. Work also buried overhead utility wires in the central section of the project; it added new streetlamps with decorative planters and banners along with benches and informational signs and kiosks.
Elsewhere around town:
New pavement has been added to the residential section of Little River Road nearest the intersection with U.S. Route 2. Crews will be working on the new roadway next week to add several speed tables similar to those on Butler Street, Woodruff said. Some shoulder work on gravel shoulders is also planned, he added.
Sidewalk construction on Stowe Street opposite Brookside Primary School has been completed. Some remaining work will be done to add new asphalt at driveway openings in the project area.
Randall Street sidewalk replacement is nearly completed.
Pavement on Winooski Street near the bridge that was damaged in the July flood has been removed. A section of about 80 feet will be repaved, possibly next week, Woodruff said.
On Blush Hill, work will begin on the water line replacement from the Water Department reservoir at the end of Blackberry Lane down through the Kennedy Drive and Ashford Lane neighborhood, Woodruff said.
Finally, on Monday and possibly Tuesday, a town crew will be working on Gregg Hill Road to do temporary repairs to a culvert that was damaged in the July flooding. The section is in the middle in the vicinity of 1400 Gregg Hill Road, Woodruff said. This work will limit traffic to one-way at a time while workers are on site.
Still to come before the road work season ends, Woodruff said, is line striping around town which is done by an outside contractor. Lines will be painted on sections of several roadways where new paving was done this summer including Little River Road, Blush Hill Road, Howard Avenue and Perry Hill Road. That work has not yet been scheduled and likely will take place later in the fall, he noted.
State projects
Below is information on state projects around the region for this week.
Interstate 89 | Richmond
Replacement of Bridge #29 along U.S. 2 over I-89 continues. Travelers can expect lane closures with traffic control present allowing for one lane of alternating travel on U.S. 2.
Below on the interstate, Monday through Friday both southbound passing lane and northbound travel lane will be closed from 5:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The interstate right shoulders in both directions remain closed within the vicinity of the bridge project area.
U.S. Rt. 2 | Richmond-Bolton
Rehabilitation and resurfacing of U.S. 2 continues with nighttime work in progress. Motorists can expect delays within work areas due to one-way alternating traffic day and nighttime. Project officials remind motorists to please slow down in the work zones.
Montpelier
A resurfacing project is underway along U.S. 2 and U.S. 302. Motorists can expect lane closures and alternating one-way traffic between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. near the intersection of State Street and Bailey Avenue continuing on U.S. 2 to its intersection with Granite Street. Motorists can expect lane closures and alternating one-way traffic throughout the project limits from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the week.
Stowe | Route 108-Mountain Road
Along Vermont Route 108 in “The Notch” between Stowe and Cambridge, an environmental restoration/parking and picnic area and stormwater improvement project is underway. Two-way traffic will be maintained by flaggers, but motorists should expect intermittent single-lane closures and short stoppages between the former Long Trail Parking Area and Notch Proper South Parking Area. NOTE: Tractor trailers are prohibited from using “The Notch” road.