I never see anybody working there (maybe working below)…
I was gratified to see the governor get stuck in the traffic over the weekend. Things tend to move when the boss experiences the misery.
Update several people directed me to a VTrans update that indicate people are working 24 hrs/day, 6 days per week on the project as well as a VTrans site indicating it is expected to be complete by November!
They’re working down below so you probably won’t see them from 89. I believe most of the culvert pieces are in
Next year? Yoof. The traffic is a total nightmare. Maybe it’ll get better when foliage dies down.
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I figured there was no chance…
They send out weekly updates. Numerous local media outlets share this and you can sign up for alerts/updates. https://vtrans.vermont.gov/on-the-road
Google News search turns up nothing and none of those updates include a timeline of completion. Someone sent a site that says November 2022… fingers crossed!
Actually, it sounds like they aren’t building a span, but backfilling and they’ll be done in November!!
Apologies - maybe I read something internally at work about updates on the timelines. This link may be better - https://vtrans.vermont.gov/projects/i89-richmond
Definitely did not see anyone when I drove by yesterday at around 5:45. I can say, though, that very few people actually understand how to use a zipper merge as everyone just moved to the right lane incredibly early and I must have passed 50 cars up to the merging point.
Interestingly enough, merging to the right lane too early actually slows traffic down since it increases the length of the right hand queue. Zipper merge is the preferred method.
Actually they’re not building a bridge, it’s a very large culvert that is being replaced and the new one is in. They are filling the hole back in now 24 hours a day, 6 days a week.
https://vtrans.vermont.gov/projects/i89-richmond
There’s a link to project updates so false information isn’t spread
Nobody ever sees anyone working there because they’re in the bottom of a hole that was 80 feet deep. Last week there was a crane with an 80’ boom that was barely sticking out of the hole. They are working on filling it back in 24 hours per day, six days per week.
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They do the work at night. I think the timetable is sometime next year. To be fair to them this wasn't planned. A sinkhole opened up in the southbound lane.