Drivers should expect lane changes Wednesday in downtown Greenfield, where workers will be repairing underground issues in front of the Riley Boyhood Home & Museum and at this corner of North Street and Ind. 9.
GREENFIELD – Plan for a little extra time and patience when traveling through downtown Greenfield Wednesday.
Two separate repair projects will cause lane restrictions just north and west of downtown.
At Ind.9 and North Street, crews are expected to work the majority of the day repairing an inactive hydrant leg that sprang a leak a few days ago.
The city’s water utility manager, Charles Gill, said the leg likely wasn’t shut down properly when it was taken out of service years ago. Contractors inadvertently discovered the leak while doing concrete work on the northeast corner of the intersection.
Gill said both south and northbound lanes will remain open during the repair, which will impact both lanes as far north as the post office. He advised drivers to use caution when driving through the orange cones lined up along Ind. 9.
“If everything goes according to plan we should get in and get out and be done in a day,” he said.
Traffic flow will also impacted Wednesday in front of the Riley Boyhood Home at 250 W. Main St., where crews will spend the day repairing a lateral collapse that was reported late last week.
Wastewater manager Nicholas Dezelan said the work will likely last from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Dezelan said the collapse affected the home’s connection to the city’s sanitary main, which the city must repair given the Riley Boyhood Home & Museum is a city-owned property.
Dezelan posted the repair plans on his department’s social media Friday to prepare drivers for some potential delays driving along U.S. 40.
“It’s not what we want to be spending the day doing but it’s necessary,” he said. “We’re going to try to keep traffic going both ways.”
