Great Barrington –Those seeking to reach downtown via Alford Road and Taconic Avenue or headed in the opposite direction toward Fairview Hospital or Bard College at Simon’s Rock will find themselves detoured around the intersection of St. James Place and South Main Street.
Town Planner Christopher Rembold and the Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce issued a construction alert, as part of their weekly Main Street Reconstruction Update (see Southern Berkshire Construction logo on The Edge homepage), warning that because of drainage work and water main relocation, all traffic using St. James Place/Taconic Avenue would be detoured to South Street.
National Grid will also be in the St James Place area but will be working off the road.
The construction notification continues:
Work will continue the week of October 6th beginning daily at 6:30 a.m.
JS Rae and Berkshire Gas will be continuing connection work in the Rosseter Street area moving south. They will be making side street connections to the new main gas line. Traffic and construction will shift according to location.
Maxymillian will continue with drainage work in front of the TD Bank, moving south. Construction and traffic will shift according to location.
Two-way traffic and access to businesses will be maintained at all times. Police officers will be present at both locations to direct traffic and ensure traffic flows smoothly in all directions. Police officers are in place to assist construction equipment and trucks, pedestrian, local delivery truck and vehicles in and out of traffic safely. Please be patient as they do so.
Work hours are between 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Road conditions will return to normal after 3 p.m. each day.
