Route 100 Project - July 25, 2019

FALMOUTH - ROUTE 100 PROJECT

Construction Update #18 – July 25, 2019

The following information reflects the latest available information regarding the Route 100 Project in Falmouth. Please note that forward-looking information is based upon projections and is subject to change due to weather and other variables.

WORK HOURS:

Work in the Route 100 Project zone for the remainder of this week will begin at approximately 6:00 a.m. and last until approximately 5:00 p.m.;

There IS after-hour/overnight work expected for Thursday, July 25^th.

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

• Storm drain installations will be the general scope of work over the next few weeks.
• 80% of all underground utilities have been installed to date.
• Traffic impacts are currently minimal, with one-lane alternating traffic occurring throughout most of the working/daytime hours.
• No road closures are anticipated over the next few weeks.

WORK CURRENTLY UNDERWAY:

As of Thursday, July 25^th, crews were working on – or have completed – the following:

• Traffic:
  • Mountain Road intersection: Traffic signals will be turned off during construction activities near the intersection. The intersections will be controlled by multiple flaggers during periods when construction is close to the intersection.
  • Single-Lane Closures for various utility work will begin at 6:00 AM next week.

Motorists are encouraged to seek alternate routes during the peak/commuting hours.

• The speed limit remains reduced to 25 Miles-Per-Hour within the work zone areas.

• Shaw Brothers are continuing the installation of new storm drain infrastructure on Gray Road, near Marston Street; between Leighton Road and the Credit Union.
• Shaw Brothers are installing new storm drain infrastructure at the intersection of Gray Road and Mountain Road.
• Shaw Brothers and the Portland Water District will be performing water main related work through the evening of Thursday the 25^th and into the morning hours of Friday the 26^th. Work will be on Gray Road in front of the Irving Gas Station (between Exit 53 and Leighton Road).

WORK YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE NEXT WEEK:

• Traffic: Same as previous week
• Shaw Brothers will be installing new storm drain culverts on Gray Road near Bell Antiques.
• Shaw Brothers will finish installing new storm drain infrastructure on Mountain Road and will begin storm drain infrastructure on Falmouth Road.
• Summit Natural Gas will begin their work on their gas line expansion. Work will begin near the Hannaford Shopping Center near exit 53.

GRAPHICS: These were important for us show to you, so we’ve left them here again for this weekly update (in case you missed it):

We’ve been showing you lots of construction photo’s: Work Zones, overhead utility work, and more. This rendering is what all the work is striving to achieve: A newly-constructed and modernized Gray Road, which includes…..…….

Two completely rebuilt intersections.............and

new bicycle/pedestrian accommodations and streetscape amenities (sidewalk lighting and landscaping).