Wakefield National Grid Construction Update For Week Of August 17

Press release from the Town of Wakefield:

August 17, 2020

Have you signed up for National Grid’s Wakefield-to-Woburn Line update email? Their weekly overview provides project progress and related traffic-management information. View the project page and sign up to receive it in your inbox.

Among the updates National Grid notes this week:

• Broadway: Contractors will be moving from the MBTA crossing toward Foundry Street.
  • Through-traffic will be restricted to residential, business-related, and emergency traffic.
  • Businesses within the closure area will remain open during construction.
• Salem Street: Construction crews expect to finish the section of Salem Street between Tobey Lane and Grand Passway; Work continues on Salem Street between Patriot Circle and Houston Street.
  • No through-traffic, emergency, and residential vehicle access only.
• Montrose Avenue: Duct-bank installation continues between Whittier Road and the driveway to National Grid’s Wakefield Junction Substation.
  • No through-traffic, emergency, and residential vehicles access only.

Saturday Construction

As part of their ongoing effort to complete work as safely and as efficiently as possible, construction crews may extend their work at certain work sites through close of business on Saturdays. When a decision is made about Saturday work schedules, they will send follow-up updates via email: sign up for these updates today.

Contact

If you have questions about current or upcoming work, you can contact a member of the National Grid project outreach team by emailing info@ma-nhsolution.com or calling 1-844-646-8427.

This press release was produced by the Town of Wakefield. The views expressed here are the author’s own.