DATE: Friday, December 12, 2025

TRAFFIC IMPACT AND DURATION: From Monday, December 15, through Friday, December 19, between 6 AM and 3 PM, lane closures will be in effect on U.S. Route 2/7 (U.S. 2/7) between the Interstate 89 (I-89) Exit 16 southbound off-ramp and Highpoint Center/South Park Drive, and between the Park & Ride and Rathe Road. Lane closures will also take place along Lower Mountain View Drive near its intersection with U.S. 2/7. Intermittent blasting events will also require U.S. 2/7 between the Park & Ride and Rathe Road, and all intersecting sideroads to be shut down for approximately 10 minutes. To learn more about traffic impacts associated with blasting activities, click here.

Independent utility companies will be on-site conducting utility work along U.S. 2/7 throughout the project area under lane closures. 

Motorists should expect significant delays when traveling through the work zone and along adjacent roadways. Please plan ahead, leaving plenty of additional time to get to and from your destination. Whenever possible, consider alternate routes or other forms of transportation such as carpooling, ridesharing, transit, biking, or walking. Drivers should slow down, use caution, and follow flaggers and road signs.

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES: Crews will continue drainage work along U.S. 2/7 between the I-89 southbound off-ramp and Highpoint Center, and on Lower Mountain View Drive near its intersection with U.S. 2/7. Retaining wall construction will also take place on Lower Mountain View Drive, and in The Lighthouse Restaurant parking lot off the roadway.



Intermittent blasting events will continue next week during daytime hours along the west side of U.S. 2/7 between the Park & Ride and Rathe Road. Independent utility work will take place along U.S. 2/7 throughout the project limits.

An aerial view of the I-89 Exit 16 interchange, where drainage work and intermittent blasting events continue to take place.

LOCATION: U.S. Routes 2/7 in Colchester starting at the Winooski town line and continuing north for 1.05 miles to Sunderland Woods Road.

PROJECT COMPLETION: Contract 1: Fall 2023 | Contract 2: Summer 2027

VTrans Colchester Exit 17 Project

• Project Area: I-89 Exit 17, U.S. 7 between the Shell Gas Station and Wiley Road, U.S. 2 between Chimney Corner and Jasper Mine Road
• Project Update: Construction activities have paused for the 2025 construction season. Crews will return to the project area in spring 2026.
• Construction: Spring 2024 – Summer 2026
• Project Website

City of Winooski Main Street Revitalization Project

• Project Area: Main Street in Winooski, between the railroad bridge near Maple Street and the Colchester town line near Checkerbay Carwash
• Project Update: Construction activities have paused for the 2025 construction season. Crews will return to the project area in spring 2026.
• Construction: Spring 2024 – Summer 2026
• Project website

This video provides an overview of the Exit 16 DDI project, discusses the benefits of the Diverging Diamond Interchange design, and demonstrates how drivers, cyclists and pedestrians will navigate the new traffic pattern coming to Colchester, VT.

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VTrans is committed to providing a comprehensive and robust communications and public outreach program as part of this project. 

The project website has been upgraded to include a translation feature with the ability to automatically translate website content into 11 languages. 

In addition, the website is now home to a translated materials tab which includes several frequently asked questions and answers that have been translated into 11 languages with help from trained interpreters and translators from AALV in Burlington, Vermont. 

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CONTACT US:

Project Hotline: 802-595-4399

Project email address: info@Exit16DDI.vtransprojects.vermont.gov