PLAINFIELD, MARSHFIELD — Construction along the Winooski River on U.S. Rte. 2 was expected to be “substantially complete” according to an Agency of Transportation (AOT) special notice on Friday, Oct. 4.
Crews were finishing up the slope stabilization project in Plainfield with backfilling and grading to maintain drainage away from the new wall and cleaning up the project site. They were to be leaving the project site by 6 p.m., October 4, ending weeks during which the road was closed, followed by the last several weeks of slowdowns with single-lane travel through the area.
The project used steel bars, called soil nails, driven deep into the unstable slope and grouted in place to help stabilize the earth at the site.
The special notice said AOT will issue a travel alert before crews return to start paving the roadway.
Paving continues further east on U.S. Rte. 2 Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday from 6 a.m. to noon. Motorists can expect lane closures with alternating one-way traffic patterns and minor delays from the Plainfield-Marshfield town line to the Vt. Rte. 15 intersection in West Danville. Flaggers and uniform traffic officers will assist motorists through the work zone.
Paul Fixx is editor of The Hardwick Gazette and lives in Hardwick.
