Stamford Drivers Should Expect Road Closures, Delays As Eversource Transmission Line Project Continues

STAMFORD, CT — Eversource and the city are advising Stamford residents to expect road closures, lane restrictions and traffic delays as work continues on its Underground Cable Modernization Project at several locations in the coming weeks.

According to an announcement from the city, Vine Road will be closed for four to six hours on June 27 for vault installation. Detour signage will also be installed.

Trench work is continuing on Scofield Avenue east of Center Street, with a road closure between Center and Oscar streets. Work hours on Scofield Avenue are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Trench work on Pilgrim Walk and Colonial Road will begin "soon," the city said.

In the coming weeks, crews are expected to begin installing a vault on Strawberry Hill Avenue near Holbrook Drive.

During a two- to three-week period, traffic will be reduced to one alternating lane controlled by a temporary traffic signal. No road closures are anticipated during that work.

Beginning in mid-July, Eversource plans to install a vault at the intersection of Newfield Avenue and Vine Road.

The work will require one-way alternating traffic on Newfield Avenue at the intersection and will include a Saturday closure of Newfield Avenue. The work is expected to last two to three weeks and will begin after vault installation on Vine Road is completed and trenching crews have moved away from Newfield Avenue.

Residents should plan ahead and anticipate increased traffic congestion in work areas.

The route length of the project is five miles. More information on the project can be found here.