Road Work | Oct. 6-10
October 3, 2025 | By Lisa ScagliottiWeekly Road Work reports are assembled with information from the Vermont Agency of Transportation on projects in the region, the Waterbury Public Works Department, and other local highway departments for projects in Waterbury and neighboring communities as necessary.
Motorists are reminded to drive with caution through work zones and to follow posted speed limits. Speeding fines are doubled in work areas.
Yes, Virginia, there will be a turning lane
Sidewalk work along Lincoln Street on Friday, Oct. 3. Photo by Gordon Miller
Final features are being added now to the new Stowe Street bridge and the intersection of Stowe and Lincoln streets.
Work for the coming week, Oct. 6-10, includes adding the sidewalks and stamped concrete truck aprons (similar to the surfacing at the roundabout). A final layer of asphalt and permanent pavement lines and markings still need to be done, as well.
Project officials remind the public that the pavement markings during final construction are temporary. Once sidewalk, concrete work and paving is completed, the final design will be lined to mark two lanes for traffic traveling over the bridge toward Vermont Route 100: One for vehicles turning left onto Rt. 100 southbound and headed straight, up Blush Hill Road; another will be marked for turning right onto Rt. 100 northbound.
The map below is from the final VTrans project documents showing the signage and pavement markings to be completed. (Yellow and blue highlights added.)
Motorists still will encounter alternating one-way traffic on Stowe Street and Lincoln Street and should still expect lane and shoulder closures on Route 100 northbound between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. There also likely will be delays along the stretch of Route 100 at and near the intersection with Stowe Street and Blush Hill. Flaggers will be present to direct motorists through the work zone.
Granite curbing is installed and subbase surfaces are graded and compacted in preparation for concrete placement. VTrans photo
Project reminders:
Motorists are asked to stay alert and not follow trucks while traveling through the work zone.
The Lincoln Street Park and Ride lot remains closed, with a temporary lot available downtown at the State Office Complex along Park Row at the end of Randall Street. Commuter buses also are using that lot, with the Rural Community Transit buses also stopping at Shaw’s on Rt. 100.
Sign up for email updates from VTrans on the project using this online form.
The Stowe Street bridge construction is a $4.34 million Vermont Agency of Transportation project replacing the two-lane bridge built in 1928 over the Thatcher Brook near the intersection of Stowe Street, Vermont Route 100 and Blush Hill Road.
Also in Waterbury
Waterbury Public Works Director Bill Woodruff said that on Friday, Oct. 10, roof work on the south building at Brookside Primary School will result in High Street being closed between Stowe Street and Armory Avenue for the morning, 9 a.m. to noon. Weather permitting, the contractor will be doing demolition on the roof. Should weather conditions result in a change in this plan, this post will be updated.
Interstate 89: Waterbury-Montpelier southbound
This project involves removing the existing surface pavement and paving two separate new courses of asphalt.
Night paving at the Exit 8/Montpelier interchange ramp recently. VTrans photo
Over the past week, crews have continued guardrail and shoulder work. They have repainted pavement markings in anticipation of winter project shut-down.
Motorists should continue to expect delays, especially during the hours listed below, due to multiple southbound lane closures between Exit 10 Waterbury/Stowe and Exit 8 Montpelier.
The speed limit is lowered to 55 mph and fines are doubled in the project zone.
Work for the week of Oct. 6:
Monday through Friday, 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Crews will continue installing new guardrails and doing shoulder work near the Exit 8/Montpelier interchange.
This is a two-year, 10.5-mile resurfacing project to rebuild both travel lanes. The project is anticipated to last through this construction season and next summer, with completion targeted by Aug. 15, 2026, according to the Vermont Agency of Transportation.
Anyone interested in receiving VTrans email updates on the project may sign up at this link online.