Any Timeline on Richmond 89 Construction Completion?

Submitted by hellibot t3_y1aika in vermont

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!

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Twombls t1_irw6m2v wrote

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.

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hellibot OP t1_irw7avo wrote

Next year? Yoof. The traffic is a total nightmare. Maybe it’ll get better when foliage dies down.

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[deleted] t1_irw80is wrote

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hellibot OP t1_irwld9b wrote

Actually, it sounds like they aren’t building a span, but backfilling and they’ll be done in November!!

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802trucker t1_irw6n0m wrote

They’re working down below so you probably won’t see them from 89. I believe most of the culvert pieces are in

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Ok_Reference_9222 t1_irwii1n wrote

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

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hellibot OP t1_irwl7aw wrote

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!

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Kitchen_Nail_6779 t1_irxdzm6 wrote

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.

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Born_Illustrator_574 t1_is7md1x wrote

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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StatsArentForDolts t1_irxfgq3 wrote

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.

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