Into November The Highlights Alternating lane traffic on Seymour Street next week A brief how-to on exposed aggregate hardscape Getting the new downtown sidewalks ready for winter It’s six weeks now since we reopened Merchants Row and Main Street to thru traffic and Vermont Rail resumed freight operations through Middlebury. The changes that have taken place downtown since then are not as dramatic as what we saw this summer with the rail tunnel. But the parks we’ll spend time

Working Around the Weather The Highlights Triangle Park perimeter sidewalk completed Replanting St. Stephen’s Memorial Garden Next steps in Printer’s Alley This week’s cooler evening temperatures and passing rain showers are a reminder of the challenges of keeping things productive on the construction front as Fall starts to lean toward Winter. State specifications, for example, spell out strict guidelines regarding the temperature at which concrete being poured for our new s

Transforming Triangle Park The Highlights Sidewalk and landscaping work progress in Triangle Park More cap wall work and steel sheet removal on the north end The future of the temporary access road It was another week of steady progress downtown. While it still looks very much like a construction site, Triangle Park nevertheless is starting to emerge as the park that will serve as the centerpiece of our downtown for generations to come. The following two renderings, created b

The October Forecast The Highlights Sidewalk and landscaping work continues downtown Seymour Street to close to thru traffic Monday evening for waterline work North end steel sheets to be removed starting next week As September slipped into October and Middlebury marked a second week of open roads and downtown parking, construction continued its orderly progress toward what will likely be an early winter shutdown: VTrans expects construction to wrap up about Thanksgiving. Th