Broad Street:

Great progress has been made as the contractor has paved over the west side of the street as well as the major intersection of East Silver Street, West Silver Street and Broad Street. Because the pavement is in place on the west side of Broad Street the construction zone will shift to the east side, but two lanes of traffic will remain flowing on Broad Street. The contractor and the Police report that they expect no detours in this area this week..

Park Square:

The area around Elm Street and School Street will see continued work on the drainage system. As this is a major undertaking – many of the pipes are over 50 years old – it is tedious work….and I am sure the heat is not helping. This area will see activity all week.

Main Street:

Will be a very active site this week as electrical crews will be working all week to transfer electricity from the old poles to the new ones. Some lane restrictions might occur as some of the work will be close to the travel lanes. Please expect some minor delays.

Important Street Closing:

On Wednesday Meadow Street will be closed, with a detour in place, from Casimir Street to Main Street to pave the road. This should be done in one construction day and the road shall be passable again – something we all look forward to.

Major Announcement Regarding Main Street:

On Thursday or Friday of this week, Lynch Construction will begin to do the same work that you have seen on Broad Street on Main Street. When this happens, Main Street will be reduced to two lanes of travel from the Veterans Bridge, just east of Noble Street, to Meadow Street. The two south side lanes of Main Street will be closed and there will be NO left turns allowed onto NOBLE STREET or LINDBERGH BOULEVARD when traveling west on Main Street during the construction day (7am-4pm).  This phase of construction is expected to be a 2 to 3 month long process so please keep this in mind when making your travel plans.  The north side of the road will have the same work done upon completion of the south side.

Remember the Westfield Police Department will have Police Officers directing traffic in all of these areas for the public’s safety. Please obey their signals – and use your directionals.

Thank you for your patience as we continue to work on making Westfield a better place to live, work and relax.

We would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Lt. Hipolito Nunez, Sgt. Michael Ugolik and Ptl. Robert Saunders as they have been promoted to captain, lieutenant and sergeant, respectively, effective August 8, 2010. Congratulations and stay safe.