By Beacon Staff
Though he didn’t offer an exact timeline, assistant city manager for public works Nick MacGregor said the intersection of Main and Locust Streets will open soon, as well as the portion of Harrison Avenue currently under construction.
“The rain didn’t help. We had some structures on order for the sanitary flow,” MacGregor said of the Main Street construction during Monday night’s city council work session.
Though some locals were concerned the Harrison Avenue construction would be delayed due to an accident in the construction zone this past weekend, MacGregor said work will proceed as planned.
New concrete was poured on Harrison Avenue at roughly 1 p.m. Friday (Oct. 8), and a driver mistakenly drove into the construction zone at about 8 p.m. Burlington Police responded to the accident, but since there was no major damage, no accident report was filed.
“It doesn’t look like it (the new road) was damaged. It looks like it was solid enough to resist the impact of the vehicle,” MacGregor said.
MacGregor said construction on Harrison Avenue will resume next year, and several more roads will be under construction at the same time. That includes Main Street, Jefferson Street, Spring Street and Ninth Street.
“Next spring will not be any better than now, but we’ll have new roads on the back of it,” MacGregor said.