The warmer weather brings with it the start of a new construction season for downtown and on Pond Street. Crews have begun working in these areas again as they work to complete these projects. 

The scope of work downtown has narrowed a bit with the majority of the work left to be completed on Main Street between Front and Homer/Summer. Crews will continue to place new curbing and sidewalk along Main Street which will finish the sidewalk portion of the project.  The work left to be completed includes reconstructing the medians, constructing new sidewalks, final paving and restriping on the roadways. 

New benches, bike racks and final landscaping will also be installed.  

The final step of the project will be to connect homes and businesses to the underground utilities and remove the existing poles.  

The Route 126/Pond Street project is back in full swing.  The geographic scope of the work on Pond Street this year will be similar to last year. Crews will be working throughout the corridor again this year completing drainage work, sidewalks, retaining walls at Spyglass and Eliot Street, as well as new lighting fixtures and crosswalks.  Final paving will finish off the work nearing the end and we will see the final vision that so many had leading up to this.  

We all know that construction work is difficult to live with on a daily basis. The crews working on these projects are working as expeditiously as possible to complete this work and we are confident that the end result will be worth it.