Road Work | July 8-12
July 8, 2024 | By Waterbury Roundabout 
Throwback to 2020: File photo of Main Street paving by Gordon Miller
Road Work is compiled from reports from the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTRANS), Waterbury Public Works, and other local highway departments.
Waterbury projects
Two projects continue this week in Waterbury and a paving project has been added to the schedule, according to Public Works Director Bill Woodruff.
Town highway staff are looking to complete the gravel resurfacing and ditching work on Sweet Road this week. The road is open to traffic, but there may be delays while work is taking place.
Bridge work continues on Guptil Road just south of the intersection with Kneeland Flats Road. A signal is in place for alternating single-lane traffic. Motorists are asked to proceed slowly through the work zone while workers are on site. Activity on this project is expected to shift to the opposite lane next week, Woodruff said.
Paving is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, July 9, in the Kennedy Drive neighborhood on Blush Hill this week. Woodruff said it will start in the Oakwood Estates section on Acorn Drive, moving to Ashford Lane and then to Kennedy Drive. The project will involve putting down two layers of asphalt, he said, adding that the schedule may be adjusted due to weather conditions this week.
State projects
I- 89 & U.S. Rt. 2 bridge project | Richmond
The replacement of Bridge #29 along U.S. Route 2 over Interstate 89 continues.
On I-89, the northbound traffic just south of Exit 11 will be using the southbound passing lane. Southbound traffic will use the single travel lane. This new lane configuration is in effect for the next several weeks. The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph in work zones. Speed enforcement is present, and fines are doubled.
Traffic control will be present on U.S. 2 Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will use one lane of alternating travel.
U.S. Rt. 2 paving project| Richmond
A roadway resurfacing project continues along U.S. Route 2.
Minimal traffic interruptions will occur between Kenyon Road and Cochran Road Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Paving Memorial Drive, U.S. 2 & 302 | Montpelier
Memorial Drive & Dog River Road
In Montpelier, paving projects are progressing on Memorial Drive and Dog River Road. Single-lane closures are anticipated on both roads during the day. One lane of traffic will be maintained in either direction on Memorial Drive, and flaggers will be present to provide alternating traffic patterns on Dog River Road.
U.S. 2 & 302
This week from Monday night through Friday morning between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., there will be alternating one-way traffic with flaggers in place to assist motorists along U.S. 2 between the the Bailey Avenue intersection and the Berlin/Montpelier town line, and at the U.S. 2/U.S. 302 roundabout along U.S. 302 to the Montpelier/Berlin town line.
Monday through Friday, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., there will be alternating one-way traffic with flaggers in place to assist motorists throughout the project limits along U.S. 2 from the Bailey Avenue intersection to the Berlin/Montpelier town line, along U.S. 2 from the Middlesex/Montpelier town line to the Memorial Drive intersection, and at the U.S. 2/U.S. 302 roundabout along U.S. 302 to the Montpelier/Berlin town line.