One Bridge Out, One To Go The Highlights Merchants Row: Temporary bridge removed, street now closed to thru traffic Main Street: Normal two-lane traffic resumes next week Pedestrian Alert: Main Street footbridge and Printer’s Alley reopen, Merchants Row sidewalk now closed at rail corridor Thursday marked a major milestone in our downtown construction project, Early Thursday a 275-ton hydraulic crane moved into the upper stretch of Merchants Row. By late morning, as many

Pace Picks Up in Downtown Construction The Highlights Merchants Row to close to thru traffic for the summer starting Tuesday Merchants Row Bridge to be removed on Thursday Main Street again reduced to one lane downtown next week Pedestrian Alert: Footbridge and Printer’s Alley to close at times next week The State of Vermont’s easing of restrictions on construction crew size, which I reported on earlier in the week, immediately yielded a busy week for the downtown constructi

Middlebury Project Gets Full Go-Ahead Last week came to a close with some good news. Friday afternoon VTrans informed Town leadership and Kubricky that restrictions on the number of workers allowed on site had been eased to the point where Kubricky can now field a full crew. Following Saturday’s planned drilling of minipiles in the northbound lane of Main Street (see photo below), Monday saw the construction crew expand from last week’s 10 to more than two dozen workers, incl

Back At Work, Downtown Drilling Takes Center Stage The Highlights Merchants Row closed to thru traffic Friday and Monday Saturday work schedule Main Street reduced to one lane downtown next two weeks After a pause of nearly seven weeks, the sights and sounds of construction resumed this week in downtown Middlebury as first Kubricky and then Maine Drilling & Blasting mobilized into town and got back to work. The logistics of Covid-19 testing for the construction crew are still

Work To Resume on Monday It’s been a busy week following VTrans getting the go-ahead to resume work on Middlebury’s downtown construction project. Much of the focus this week has been on working out the logistics of restarting construction in accordance with our new realities. As I mentioned earlier this week, one of the conditions of returning to work is that all out-of-state crew are tested for the virus before coming to Middlebury and are then required to stay in Middlebur

It's Back to Work! Here’s the news we’ve been waiting for. Late on Friday we heard from VTrans that Middlebury's rail and bridge project has been given the green light to restart construction this week. Ours is the only construction project in Vermont with out-of-state workers allowed to resume operations and strict protocols will be in place to manage the health and safety of both the community and the construction crew. All out-of-state crew, for example, will be tested for