Main St. Construction

Workers put a fresh layer of toasty asphalt over the gravel surface on South Main Street at Park Row. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Public Works Director Bill Woodruff (center standing) checks out what might be buried treasure. Or a utility access on Bidwell Lane. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Tight squeeze? A flagger keeps an eye on the action as motorists navigate the Main Street. construction zone. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Main Street construction workers are installing conduit for utilities along the project route including this section along Park Row. Photo by Gordon Miller.

The Main Street segment from Stowe Street to Dac Rowe Park will be widened this summer. Activity is picking up in this stretch with traffic curtailed to one direction at a time. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Conduit for underground utilities is carefully installed along Bidwell Lane. Project trivia: A group of conduit is called a "duct bank." Photo by Gordon Miller.

Summer construction on Main Street is in full swing with motorists and construction crews carefully navigating around each other. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Residents along Main Street continue to patiently navigate disruptions from the construction project since last summer. Photo by Gordon Miller.

South Main Street is getting new concrete sidewalks poured, replacing the asphalt temporary paths. This signals that digging is ending in that stretch of the Main Street project. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Workers place utility conduit lines underground on Bidwell Lane. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Navigating the entrance to Waterbury on North Main Street is challenging. Photo by Gordon Miller.

The intersection of Stowe and Main streets is a focus as new water and sewer lines are installed. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Crews button up for the night along most of the project but some night construction is planned this summer. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Little ones at Hunger Mountain Children's Center have a front row view of the action along South Main Street as new sidewalks are poured. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Sidewalks will be back better than before. Cheerful flowers mark the edge of the lawn at Wesley United Methodist Church. Photo by Gordon Miller.

New sidewalks take time to pour and cure along South Main Street. Photo by Gordon Miller.

South Main Street gets some serious new curb appeal this summer as a crew digs in to install new granite curbing and preps for new sidewalks as part of the Main Street Reconstruction project. Photo by Gordon Miller.

More dust flies as workers cut granite curbing sections along South Main Street. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Main Street bustles with the daily traffic as motorists adjust to frequently changing traffic patterns. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Main Street takes on a real-life look of a Richard Scarry children's book crowded illustration of "Cars, Trucks, and Things that Go." Photo by Gordon Miller.

The intersection of Main Street and Stowe Street has seen much activity with excavation for new water and sewer lines and utility conduit this summer. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Workers continue making underground connections. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Digging goes deep on South Main Street. Photo by Gordon Miller.

The cab of the excavator is above the fray. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Even without a sign, the people in the vests call the shots. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Who says you can't have a little fun in all of this? Photo by Gordon Miller.

You can't get there from here. Workers open up the intersection of Stowe and Main Streets. Photo by Gordon Miller.

There's time for a popsicle break during recent excavation on Stowe Street for utility conduit. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Stone and gravel has replaced asphalt and concrete for awhile. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Main Street is in here somewhere. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Workers lay underground conduit where utility lines eventually will be buried along Main Street. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Sign of the times. Photo by Gordon Miller.

The Reservoir is surrounded by construction work on this recent afternoon. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Excavation makes way for the network of conduit and underground infrastructure. Photo by Gordon Miller.

A worker on the project on Bidwell Lane takes a water break outside of Stowe Street Cafe. Photo by Gordon Miller.