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Williamstown to Close North Hoosac Road to Through Traffic this Week
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:54AM / Monday, October 12, 2015
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North Hoosac Road will be closed from Cole Avenue to the North Adams line for reconstruction and repaving beginning this week.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — North Hooosac Road from Cole Avenue to the North Adams line will be closed to through traffic during the day beginning this week.
 
The town's Highway Department will be conducting a thorough repaving of the stretch, a popular alternative to Route 2 (Main Street).
 
The project will include grinding and grading the existing pavement, repaving and the installation of new curbs and driveway aprons.
 
The project is expected to take between two and three weeks depending on weather. Work crews will allow residents and emergency vehicles to access the road during the project.
 
Public Works Director Tim Kaiser said the town already was planning to address the road but moved up the timetable after last winter.
 
"The road took a hit last year with frost conditions," Kaiser said. "The time to do this work is now to forestall a really bad pothole year.
 
"It was in the cards. We moved it up because the road deteriorated faster than we expected."
 
Kaiser said with the construction season drawing to a close and blacktop being available for a limited time, the town will work as quickly as possible to wrap things up.
 
"It will be a little inconvenient, but it won't last long," he said. "It's a fairly quick project."
 
The project that begins next week is not related to a the work the town is eyeing at the east end of North Hoosac.
 
For some time, the town has been monitoring a short stretch near the North Adams line where the bank is unstable down to the Hoosic River.
 
"Right now we're dealing with and keeping an eye on it and filling it occasionally," Kaiser said. "There is going to be a lot of geotechnical engineering.
 
"That can be a really big project. We're taking our time."
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