DATE: Friday, August 19, 2022

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Monday, August 22, through Friday, August 26, Sears Lane will be reduced to one lane with one-way alternating traffic between Pine Street and Kaigle’s Service Center between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Sears Lane will be reopened to two lanes with two-way traffic between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Flaggers will be present to assist travelers through the work zone. Driveway access will be maintained.

Sears Lane will continue to be closed to through traffic west of Kaigle’s Service Center. Emergency vehicle access will remain. The pedestrian crossing between Sears Lane and Harrison Avenue will remain open. Vehicle access to the HULA Lakeside Offsite Parking Lot (HULA parking lot) will now be from Lakeside Avenue only. 

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, DURATION, AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS:

Crews will be on-site Monday, August 22, through Friday, August 26, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Crews will begin utility work on Sears Lane between Kaigle’s Service Center and 40 Sears Lane. Over the next several weeks, crews will excavate and install sewer and water pipes, power and communications conduit, and utility sleeves. Crews will then install the roadway subbase in preparation for paving. This work will require lane closures with one-way alternating traffic between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Crews will continue work on the stormwater detention pond including installing the inlet structure and associated stormwater infrastructure leading from the detention pond towards Flynn Avenue. Crews will begin construction of the embankment for the Englesby Brook box culvert. Ground improvements will continue through the area creating noticeable vibrations.

Crews will continue excavating the roadway alignment for the Champlain Parkway east of Briggs Street within the City’s Right of Way starting at Flynn Avenue and working towards the south. No roadway alignment work will be completed at the intersecting side streets (Ferguson Avenue, Lyman Avenue, and Morse Place) next week. 

PROJECT LOCATION:

The Champlain Parkway Project spans a 2.8-mile area from the I-189 intersection with US 7 to Lakeside Avenue, and includes upgrades to Lakeside Avenue, and improvements to the section of Pine Street between Lakeside Avenue and Main Street. 

The initial contract includes the construction of the Champlain Parkway from Home Avenue to Lakeside Avenue, upgrades to Lakeside Avenue, and improvements to the section of Pine Street between Lakeside Avenue and Kilburn Street. 

PROJECTED COMPLETION: Initial Contract 2024

                                                     Final Contract 2027

CONTACT US:

For more information about the project please visit the project website champlainparkway.com or contact the project team via the project hotline, 802-496-8956 or by email: info@champlainparkway.com.