Experience Middlebury Anew; Weather Delays Merchants Row/Main Street Work The Better Middlebury Partnership, our civic organization formed to improve the quality of life in Middlebury, has just released an all-new version of its Experience Middlebury website. Dedicated to “celebrating the products and experiences that make our community special,” the website is designed to market Middlebury to locals and visitors, providing a convenient go-to for current info on all town even

Merchants Row to Close to Through Traffic Wednesday-Friday; Main Street Temporary Bridge Repair on Friday As I mentioned in our last weekly update, Kubricky plans to close Merchants Row to through traffic this week in order to excavate a utility trench across the roadway. I can now confirm that this work will take place starting Wednesday. As a reminder, when the tunnel that will replace our two downtown bridges is constructed during Summer 2020, a large crane will sit on th

Bridge Kids; Heads Up on Merchants Row Closure Kids are the best. On Wednesday morning, armed with photographs of the project, I met with students at the (aptly named) Bridge School, where the study of bridges has formed part of the curriculum this Fall. The kids and their teachers—Amanda Warren, Nikki Juvan, and Jen Grilly—were keenly interested in learning more about the construction in their downtown and asked some great questions. Among other topics, we covered how the e

Breakthrough on 2; Lazarus Park? On an unusually warm and sunny Wednesday morning, the Tunnel Boring Machine completed its 152-foot journey under Main Street to Receiving Pit 2, the southern arm of the drainage system located trackside behind Triangle Park. The photo below shows the cutting head of the TBM sitting about 5 feet into Receiving Pit 2 shortly after breaking through the ledge that sits between Printer’s Alley and Triangle Park. This second of the three planned tun

Gumbo Clay October arrived and with it some unsettled weather. Our construction crew weathered the week’s occasionally heavy rain and notched up another productive week. Let’s look at the details. Your Weekly Construction Update As planned, the Tunnel Boring Machine continued its 152-foot journey under Main Street to Receiving Pit 2, the southern arm of the drainage system located trackside behind Triangle Park. ECI and Robbins have adjusted their process, increasing pressur