DATE: Friday, January 31, 2025

UPCOMING TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGE:

As early as March 2025, the connection of Pine Street to Queen City Park Road will be permanently closed to accommodate the future Champlain Parkway connection between I-189 and Home Avenue. A cul-de-sac will be constructed at the southern end of Pine Street just north of South Crest Drive. Supplemental Project Updates and Traffic Alerts will be issued in advance of the permanent closure of the southern end of Pine Street. For additional information on the progression of work, click here.

DURATION:

Unless otherwise noted, work will be restricted to the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES & TRAFFIC IMPACTS:

Please note that the unused section of the previously constructed Southern Connector between Shelburne Street (Route 7) and Home Avenue is an active work zone! Crews will continue working outside of the roadway along the unused section of the previously constructed Southern Connector between Shelburne Street (Route 7) and Home Avenue. For your safety, vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle access along this area is strictly prohibited.

In the upcoming weeks, crews will continue removing the existing roadway surface and subbase material for the installation of underground utilities. Crews will continue installing drainage structures and street lighting conduit. Vegetation clearing and the set up of erosion prevention and sediment control measures will resume. These activities will take place along the future Champlain Parkway alignment between Home Avenue and Shelburne Street (Route 7) working south. These activities will take place off the roadway with limited impacts to traffic. There will be an increase of construction vehicle traffic at the southern portion of Pine Street near Queen City Park Road and at the intersection of Home Avenue and the Champlain Parkway for site access. Travelers are reminded to drive slowly and look out for construction vehicles entering and exiting the work zone, especially at the southern end of Pine Street near Queen City Park Road. Stay alert and use caution while traveling throughout the project area.

INDEPDENDENT UTILITY WORK:

In the upcoming weeks, independent utility work will take place at the southern end of Pine Street between Queen City Park Road and South Crest Drive. Burlington Water Resources return to the site to perform necessary water utility work. This work is anticipated to take a day and may require a temporary daytime closure of Pine Street between Queen City Park Road and just south of South Crest Drive. Property access will be maintained. This work is anticipated to take place between Friday, January 31, and Friday, February 7. The schedule is weather dependent. A supplemental Traffic Alert will be issued prior to this work. Once complete, Consolidated Communications will be onsite relocating utility poles. This work will require a lane closure with alternating one-way traffic controlled by a flagger. 

PROJECT LOCATION:

The Champlain Parkway Project spans a 2.8-mile area from the I-189 intersection with US 7 to Lakeside Avenue, and includes upgrades to Lakeside Avenue, and improvements to the section of Pine Street between Lakeside Avenue and Main Street. 

The initial contract, conditionally accepted in December 2024, included the construction of the Champlain Parkway from Home Avenue to Lakeside Avenue, upgrades to Lakeside Avenue, and improvements to the section of Pine Street between Lakeside Avenue and Kilburn Street.



The final contract, broke ground in January 2025, includes the construction of the Champlain Parkway from existing I-189 near its intersection with U.S. Route 7 to Home Avenue, and the section of Pine Street between Kilburn Street and Main Street. 

PROJECTED COMPLETION:

Initial Contract 2024

Final Contract 2026

NEARBY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ALERT:

Construction vehicles and other equipment will be traveling throughout the South End as part of the Burlington Great Streets: Main Street Project. A stockpile for this project (where construction materials and equipment are stored) is located on Sears Lane. In addition, this project will be detouring traffic through the Champlain Parkway project limits.

This project, which is separate from the Champlain Parkway Project, encompasses the portion of Main Street between Battery Street and South Union Street. For additional information or to sign up to receive their project updates, visit the Burlington Great Streets project website. 

CONTACT US:

For more information about the project please visit the project website champlainparkway.com or contact the project team via the project hotline, 802-496-8956 or by email: info@champlainparkway.com.