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Middleburg’s Community Newspaper Volume 12 Issue 10
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Construction and Traffic Middleburg Town Council Report Dan Morrow
Traffic Disruption At a January 28, 2016 Town Council “work session” Jovi Alves and Bryan Grover of A&M Concrete, at Council’s request, reported at length on the status of construction and recurring concerns about inconveniences facing residents, business people, schools and visitors as the Town’s so-called “Washington Street Project” moves into its next, and arguably most disruptive stages. According to council minutes, Mr. Alves told the group, the “ . . . reason he asked to make this report was that “they were experiencing issues with pedestrians and school bus traffic;” that “while working on Madison Street, they had to close a section of it;” and, “there were a lot of angry people who were trying to get to the Hill School.” The next three phases of construction should bring even more disruption, with major changes in traffic patterns, including one-lane traffic governed by automatic stoplights, and the blockage of major intersections. Three Phases; Three Months Each According to A&M’s Bryan Grover each stage or “section” of the construction work will require “roughly three months to complete. . . . “ The first section will impact the area between The Plains Road and Pendleton Street. The second will cover the area between North Pendleton and Madison Streets. The third will include Liberty, Hamilton and Jay Streets. One Way on Route 50: 24/7
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According to A&M’s Grover, during the first phase, the temporary traffic light “would be located in front of the first building past Pendleton Street for traffic that was westbound.” This, he said, “ . . . would only allow for one-way traffic on Route 50 on a full-time basis. Grover noted that east-bound traffic on Route 50 would be stopped by the temporary signal at The Plains Road; when the light turned green, the traffic would move into the west bound lane until past the construction; then it would move back into its proper lane. There would, in other words, still be two-way traffic on Route 50, taking turns sharing a single lane. Despite having “secured state-of-the-art traffic signals” which use sensors “to pick up the cars” as they approach, Grover speculated “ . . . that the first few days would be difficult as they adjusted the timing of the signal. “Another challenge” will be “to coordinate with the existing “Madison Street traffic light.” Grover noted, “ . . .that he could Continued page 12