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CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, DURATION, AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS:
Please note, all work will be restricted to daylight hours. Flaggers will be present to assist motorists through the work zone. All roadway and lane closures will reopen during the evening hours and on weekends. Access to residential and business driveways will be maintained throughout the work unless alerted otherwise. Businesses will remain open!
Blasting activities along the roadway alignment for the Champlain Parkway east of Briggs Street within the City’s Right-of-Way between Flynn Avenue and Ferguson Avenue will continue throughout next week. Please note, the closer to the blasting area the more noticeable the vibrations and sound associated with each blasting event will be. Based on seismograph readings vibration levels from blasting have remained below the threshold for impacts to sheetrock structures. For additional information on the blasting procedure and impacts, click here.
Utility work will continue throughout the project along Flynn Avenue, Briggs Street, Lyman Avenue, Ferguson Avenue, Morse Place, Batchelder Street, and Home Avenue. Work will include the installation of new sewer lines, water lines, stormwater infrastructure, duct bank, and conduit.
Crews will transition to water line work along Flynn Avenue between Foster Street and the railroad tracks. This work will require a single lane closure with alternating east-west traffic. For additional information and graphics, click here. Crews have encountered subsurface rock which has altered the anticipated timeline. This work is anticipated to continue through late November.
Crews will continue installing sewer line between Lyman Avenue and Home Avenue. Next week, work will focus on Batchelder Street and Home Avenue. Batchelder Street will remain closed to through traffic during working hours to facilitate sewer work. Residential access will be maintained. This work will require temporary residential driveway closure for the installation of residential sewer services. Property owners will be contacted directly. Through traffic between Home Avenue and Morse Place will be maintained via a temporary roadway constructed just west of Batchelder Street. The temporary roadway will be restricted to one lane with alternating one-way traffic. Next week, Home Avenue will be restricted to one lane with alternating one-way traffic.
Crews will continue working on the stormwater detention pond near Englesby Brook. Potential for excavation to begin in preparation for the installation of the Englesby Brook box culvert. This work will be completed off the roadway.
Sears Lane will continue to be closed to thru traffic west of Kaigle’s Service Center. Emergency vehicle access will remain. The pedestrian crossing between Sears Lane and Harrison Avenue will remain open. Vehicle access to the HULA Lakeside Offsite Parking Lot (HULA parking lot) will now be from Lakeside Avenue only.
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