Moving Into May The Highlights Previewing the final four months of construction Rail platform and paving project updates For the past five years, through the planning stage and into construction, VTrans and its partners have regularly updated the Middlebury Selectboard and the community on project progress. These public meetings have taken place in the Town Offices, at Town Hall Theater and the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society on Charles Street, and, more recen

April in Vermont The Highlights Progress in the parks Rail platform and paving project updates Last week I noted how our exceptionally fine early Spring weather was benefiting the pace of construction downtown. This week, not so much. Still, as we’ve seen during the past three construction seasons, Kubricky and its subcontractors adapt to weather conditions and keep working. That was the case this week as, April snow showers notwithstanding, construction continued to move for

Good Weather, Good Progress The Highlights Triangle Park concrete work nearly complete Rail platform construction and Route 7 paving begin next week With the exceptionally fine early Spring weather this week, Triangle Park—the new centerpiece of downtown—took a significant step toward completion. In our first photo of the week—taken as the rain arrived on Thursday—you can view the emerging “hardscape” section of Triangle Park, comprising exposed aggregate and conventional con

Back to Work The Highlights Triangle Park and Lazarus Park take center stage Updating other Middlebury construction projects As you undoubtedly noticed if you were in town during the day this week, the final five months of the Downtown Rail & Bridge Project got underway on schedule with a flurry of activity in Triangle Park and across the street in Printer’s Alley. For weeks now we’ve been looking ahead to what will happen this year. Now we can start reporting what is happeni

Final Five Months of Construction Begins Next Week The Highlights Previewing April work Updating other Middlebury construction projects The final five months of the Downtown Rail & Bridge Project will get underway next week as Kubricky and its subcontractors return to Middlebury to resume the work that drew to a close for the winter last December. In Triangle Park, Waters and Landshapes will continue to set in place the concrete pavement and granite pavers that make up the ne