The project to turn the site on Main Street into a mixed-use living and commercial development began Wednesday.
Sign installation will be completed shortly and will dictate traffic to travel eastbound, away from Main street.
Police said they ended up having to tow "significantly more" cars during snow emergencies last winter than in previous years.
The select board is working with the Reading Municipal Light Department to come to a favorable land-use agreement.
Police said the break may be affecting a gas main on Walkers Brook Drive.
A minimum of one lane will be open while pavement marking work is done during overnight hours.
Closures will begin Tuesday night as paving marking work is done on Main Street.
MassDOT will hold a public meeting next week to share final design and construction updates about the Route 28 pilot.
The Reading Municipal Light Department was awarded funding to install five new electric vehicle charging stations.
All scheduled work is weather dependent and subject to change without notice.
Three people — two children and one driver — were hurt in the crash. The bus was leaving Camp Rice Moody.
Sealing of stamped concrete lots and traffic islands began Tuesday. Lots will be closed while the sealer dries.
Lane closures and detours will be in place for much of the next two weeks.
Overnight closures will be in place next week for the $5.6 million resurfacing and improvement project on Route 28.
MassDOT will implement temporary overnight lane closures next week as part of the Route 28 Resurfacing and Paving Project.
Pandemic cabin fever is expected to boil over this Memorial Day as more than 37 million Americans hit the road for the holiday.
MassDOT will hold a public meeting next month before it starts resurfacing and reconfiguring lanes on Main Street in June.
State police announced a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in the county this weekend.
Close to 40 tickets and warnings were given out in Reading by local and state police under the hands-free law.
State police said one person had "potentially fatal" injuries following a two-car crash late Tuesday night.
The Community Planning and Development Commission reviewed a proposal this week for a subdivision on a new private way called Penny Lane.
The town is implementing its overnight parking ban due to the amount of snow forecasted for Wednesday night's storm.
Police will only enforce the overnight parking ban when there is a significant amount of snow in the forecast.
Lawmakers say the MBTA's proposal would cut Reading's bus service in half and challenge the town's longstanding economic development plans.
The MBTA will hold a forum for area commuters on Dec. 1 to discuss planned service cuts.
The town presented its findings Wednesday on traffic deficiencies at major intersections and corridors.
Road diets are traffic measures that reduce the number of conflict points on a roadway and make travel safer for all users.
The tractor trailer crash shut down the ramp from I-95 to I-93 at Exit 37 A/B.
Emergency crews responded to Oak Street Sunday morning after a car struck two parked vehicles.
The Select Board will discuss changes to the downtown parking system, including leased spaces, commuter parking and other modifications.
Injuries were reported in the crash on an I-93 exit ramp Tuesday night.
The number of motor vehicle crashes in Reading has risen every year since 2016, according to MassDOT data.
The crash shut down the southbound side of the highway in Reading Thursday afternoon.
A power line was taken down in the crash.
A woman was killed in a head-on collision on West Street Thursday.
Lane closures will be in place each evening from 8 p.m., through 5 a.m.
Following order of MassDot, Reading changes signs from 30 mph back to 35-40 mph on Haverhill Street.
Traffic impacts will allow crews to conduct highway lighting work.
MassDOT claimed ownership of a main Reading thoroughfare and imposed a higher speed limit that residents said is dangerous.
Two of the people in one of the cars had to be revived with Narcan.