Road Work | April 24-May 5

April 25, 2023  |  By Waterbury Roundabout

The 2023 summer road work season has begun. Waterbury Roundabout will post weekly updates of municipal and state road construction projects in and near Waterbury as needed. 

Along a section of South Main Street, just one utility wire remains on one side of the street while the opposite side is wire-free. Photo by Gordon Miller

Waterbury

Motorists will encounter alternating one-way traffic on Main Street while the pole and sidewalk project is underway for the next several weeks. Photo by Lisa Scagliotti

This week, work has begun to complete the final phase of the Main Street reconstruction project – removing overhead utility wires and the poles they are attached to mainly in the section between Stowe Street and the State Office Complex. 

During this time, motorists should expect some periods of one-way alternating traffic and shoulders closed off to parking while crews are active.   

Just one utility wire remains strung on one side of South Main in the work zone. VTEL is expected to remove the line by next week. After it is gone, the old wooden utility poles will be removed. New lines for power, cable, telephone, etc. are already buried underground in conduit laid during the street reconstruction. 

Concrete sidewalk sections are being removed before the wooden poles are pulled out. Photo by Lisa Scagliotti

In addition, several poles in the first block of Stowe Street just off Main will removed as well as a few along North Main Street, although utility lines on North Main are remaining above ground.

On Monday, a crew from contractor J.A. MacDonald began to remove the concrete sections around the poles in preparation for Green Mountain Power to send equipment and workers to pull the poles out. Work will include pouring new concrete sidewalk sections and patching the red-stamped concrete as well. Some additional curb reshaping will also be needed at the intersection with Foundry Street, according to Ken Upmal, Vermont Agency of Transportation Design Project Manager.

MacDonald has indicated they expect to complete work by mid-May and no later than June 1, Upmal said.

Richmond-Bolton

The reconstruction project along U.S. Route 2 through Richmond and Bolton continues this year with a completion target of 2024. Work has resumed for the season. Motorists will encounter areas of one-way alternating traffic along U.S. 2 Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. with moderate interruptions, according to the Vermont Agency of Transportation. This week, motorists can also expect to travel on a gravel surface between Snipe Ireland Road and Lemroy Court.    

Stowe

Starting the week of May 1, work in the Vermont Route 100/West Hill Road intersection project resumes. Crews will begin removing the temporary traffic barriers that were installed last season, finish installing the underdrain, and install grubbings over the stone slopes. Crews will work during daytime hours from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Mondays - Thursdays) and 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Fridays. Alternating one-lane traffic controlled by flaggers will be in place daily between 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.