DATE: Friday, December 16, 2022

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Crews will be offsite on Friday, December 23, starting at noon and will return on Tuesday, December 27, at 7:00 a.m. in observance of the holiday.

TRAFFIC IMPACTS:

Please note, all work will be restricted to the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. 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 unless otherwise noted. Access to residential and business driveways will be maintained throughout the work unless alerted otherwise. Businesses will remain open!

Ferguson Avenue will be closed east of Foster Street near its intersection with Briggs Street starting Monday, December 19 through Thursday, December 22. This closure will be in place 24 hours a day over the four-day period. Lyman Avenue is anticipated to be closed west of Foster Street near its intersection with Briggs Street on Tuesday, December 20, during work hours. Morse Place is anticipated to be closed west of Foster Street near its intersection with Briggs Street on Wednesday, December 21, during work hours. These closures and dates are subject to change as weather and construction conditions dictate. 

Throughout the week, traffic along Briggs Street will be temporarily shifted onto the parkway alignment. Briggs Street will be intermittently reduced to a single lane with alternating north-south traffic. The parkway alignment is a gravel surface. Motorists should use caution.

Late next week, there is the potential for Home Avenue to be temporarily reduced to one lane with alternating one-way traffic to facilitate duct bank work.

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.  

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES:

Crews will continue work on utilities next week with a focus on switching over water services and the installation of electrical and communications conduit, stormwater infrastructure, and duct bank. 

Water tie-in work is anticipated to take place early next week and will require water service disruptions. Temporary water services disruptions are anticipated to last for approximately 4 hours and impact businesses and residents along portions of Lyman Avenue (Monday, December 19), Morse Place and Batchelder Street (Wednesday, December 21), and Ferguson Avenue (Thursday, December 22) all east of Foster Street. Impacted businesses and residents will be notified 48 hours in advance by Burlington Water Resources. 

Crews will continue installing duct bank along Briggs Street and Home Avenue. The installation of stormwater infrastructure will continue between Flynn and Home Avenues. Crews will continue installing stormwater infrastructure along Briggs Street working south. In addition, crews will begin installing stormwater infrastructure along the connecting streets on Ferguson Avenue, Lyman Avenue, and Morse Place.

Next week, crews will be installing electrical and communications conduit along Ferguson and Lyman Avenues. This work will require service connections to residences over the upcoming weeks. A member of the Champlain Parkway project team will be reaching out to property owners in advance to schedule service connections.

Work will continue off the roadway in the area between Sears Lane and Flynn Avenue. Crews will continue working on the stormwater detention pond and installing the drainage and subbase on the area near the box culvert.



Independent utility companies will be onsite over the next several weeks relocating existing utilities. Next week, Consolidated Communications, BED, and Burlington Telecom will be completing cutovers on Flynn Avenue.  

PROJECT LOOK AHEAD (DECEMBER 27-30): 

These activities are anticipated and subject to change as construction conditions dictate.

Crews will be offsite Monday, December 26, in observance of the winter holiday. Crews will be offsite starting at noon on Friday, December 30, in observance of the new year and will return Tuesday, January 3. 

• Utility work will continue between Flynn and Home Avenues:
• Stormwater infrastructure throughout
• Duct bank along Home Avenue
• Work will continue off the roadway between Sears Lane and Flynn Avenue:
• Stormwater infrastructure on the box culvert
• Drainage and subbase work above the box culvert
• Crews will continue installing duct bank along Home Avenue
• Independent utility companies will be onsite relocating utilities

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 includes 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. 

PROJECTED COMPLETION:

Initial Contract 2024

Final Contract 2027

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: [email protected].