Road Work | Oct. 17-21
Access to Reservoir Road near the Waterbury Center Day Use State Park will be closed until excavation for the road and ditch repairs will allow pedestrians and vehicles to enter safely. Photo by Gordon Miller
Waterbury
Major construction continues on Reservoir Road at the entrance to the Waterbury Center Day Use State Park. The road will reopen to pedestrians and limited vehicle traffic once excavation allows for safe access. The project is rebuilding the eroding roadway, the adjacent drainage ditch and guardrail.
Elsewhere in town, line-striping on several local roads is still anticipated this season including Stowe Street and sections of Perry Hill Road and Guptil Road.
Construction continues near the end of Blush Hill Road on a new parking lot just above the boat launch to accommodate parking of vehicles with trailers. The boat launch is open but there will be construction vehicles, equipment, etc. active in that area until the beginning of November. Flaggers will be on site and roadside parking will be limited on weekdays. Work will take place weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. People are encouraged to use the Waterbury Dam boat launch during this period to reduce congestion at the Blush Hill launch. See a full story about this project in the News section.
Backfill operations to continue around the newly installed box culvert. Agency of Transportation photo
Interstate 89 Richmond
The large culvert repair project continues just south of Exit 11 in Richmond. Motorists will encounter a one-mile-long lane closure in both travel directions as southbound traffic is merged to the northbound lane using a crossover.
A “zipper merge” traffic pattern continues where drivers are advised to use both lanes until they reach the merge point and then take turns merging into the single lane of traffic, like a zipper closing.
Crews continue backfilling work above the newly installed concrete box culvert. Work hours are 24 hours a day, six days a week. This project is expected to be completed in November, according to the state Agency of Transportation. More information is online here.
U. S. 2 in Richmond–Bolton
Resurfacing continues and motorists will encounter unpaved roadway along with sections of one-way alternating traffic Monday through Friday during the daytime from Snipe Ireland Road proceeding westerly. Weather permitting, Monday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. motorists will encounter a lane closure allowing for one lane of alternating travel on the west end of Richmond village.