Islington Street Corridor Reconstruction Project

Upcoming Work -- Week of July 26, 2021

CONSTRUCTION DETOUR IN PLACE 24/7.

West of Bartlett Street, to Albany Street

• No work in this section.

East Side - Albany Street to Dover Street

• Sewer service installation for Sunoco
• Water service installations
• Fine grading Islington Street
• Paving Islington Street on Friday 7/30/21

Columbia Street Area

• Begin Sewer main installation on Columbia Street

.State Street Area

• No work anticipated in this area.

Water Service Interruptions

Brief water services interruptions will be required to connect buildings between Dover Street and Cass Street to the new water main. Interruptions are expected to last around 15 minutes and residents will be notified 72 hours in advance of any scheduled water main shutdowns.

Traffic Patterns

Detour in effect 24/7. Inbound car traffic detours from Islington to Albany to State to Cabot. Inbound truck traffic detours from Islington to Albany to State to Summer – or stays on Rte 33/Middle Road, all the way inbound to Middle Street.

Project Description

The project area for Phase 1A of construction included Islington Street from the Route 1 Bypass to Dover Street.
phase 1B covers Dover Street to Albany Street, including Columbia Street and Columbia Court.

Work on the Corridor Project includes replacement of underground utilities (water sewer drain), roadway reconstruction, curbing and sidewalk installations, and landscaping improvements (ornamental lighting, street trees, benches, etc.). The work proceeds in discrete sections in order to limit the impact to residents and businesses; and will be a large step in the revitalization of the West End neighborhood. The goal of this project is to create a "complete street" and will include improvements to the streetscape, traffic signals, utilities, bicycle/pedestrian facilities, transit and vehicular roadway.

The design incorporates the recommendations of several planning studies such as the 2009 Islington Street Improvement Action Plan, 2014 Bicycle/Pedestrian Plan and the "character-based" zoning public charrette. Utility design includes the design of drinking water, sanitary sewer and storm drainage improvements, as well as utility coordination and design for natural gas, communications and electrical relocations of infrastructure. The design effort also includes improvements to parking and vehicular/pedestrian uses to determine proper lane widths, sidewalk widths, intersection designs and roadbed and pavement types and thicknesses.

Comments regarding construction can be sent to David J Desfosses, Project Manager (see contact details below).