ROUTE 12 NORTH CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

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Vermont Route 12:
Beginning Monday, April 15th, there will be multiple single lane closures with alternating one way traffic. Milling will begin at the Northfield end of the project working north and motorcycles should use caution on roughened surfaces.

Montpelier State Highway (Memorial Drive):
Motorists should watch for crews accessing the shoulders along approach routes to the project for the installation of construction signs. No traffic impacts are planned.

Montpelier Junction State Highway (Dog River Road):
Motorists should watch for crews accessing the shoulders along the project for the installation of construction signs. No traffic impacts are planned.

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES:

Vermont Route 12:
The milling operation, in which the contractor grinds down the existing pavement to prepare the roadway for new pavement, will begin Monday at the Northfield end of the project and work north.

Also on Monday, on the Berlin end of the project, a crew will be removing and resetting guardrail to allow for shoulder widening. By midweek, shoulder widening work will begin at the Northfield end of the project.

Montpelier State Highway (Memorial Drive):
Crews will continue to install construction approach signs along the shoulders.

Montpelier Junction State Highway (Dog River Road):
Crews will continue to install construction approach signs.

LOCATION:
The Northfield-Berlin STP PS24(1) resurfacing project begins just south of the Cumberland Farms gas station on N. Main Street in Northfield and extends northerly approximately 8 miles on VT Route 12 to the Berlin/Montpelier town line. A portion of this project is also located on Montpelier Junction State Highway (aka Dog River Road) and includes resurfacing the Montpelier park & ride at the Exit 8 interchange with I-89.

The Montpelier NH PS24(12) resurfacing project begins under the Exit 8 overpass and extends along Montpelier State Highway (Memorial Drive) for 3/4 of a mile and ends at the Class I Town Highway limits with the City of Montpelier.

Work includes milling and paving of a leveling and wearing course, pavement markings, signs, guardrail, drainage, and other highway improvements.


PROJECTED COMPLETION: Fall 2024.