Main Street Construction Traffic Update

On Friday June 28, 2024, in consultation with the contractor, the Town made the decision to open the Main Street construction site up for two-way traffic for the duration of the weekend and through July 7th.

The contractors will be out of the roadway and Main Street will be fully opened for the 4^th of July parade/celebration.

Beginning on July 8, 2024 Main Street will be opened for one-way south bound traffic, while north bound traffic will be routed to Cromwell Harbor Road to use the MDOT detour for the remaining duration of this project.

We are currently anticipating some additional temporary closures of Main Street for additional underground utility work during the month of July and as soon as this remaining underground work is completed, Main Street will be reopened for one lane, south bound traffic to resume.

Once all underground work is complete, work will shift to begin any replacement/upgrades and new curbing and sidewalks from Wayman Lane & Pleasant Street down to Cromwell Harbor Road.

We are currently on track to have all the underground utility upgrades completed by the end of July and all curbing, bumpouts, sidewalks and other streetscape design work completed by November 2024.

Per MDOT road construction regulations, the binder must sit through the winter to ensure there is no settlement in the roadway before final paving is completed. Assuming all trenches hold and there is no settlement in the roadway, the contractors will return in the Spring of 2025 to complete final paving, currently anticipated to be completed by May/June of 2025.