WAKEFIELD — Construction continues this week at National Grid work sites on Albion Street, Montrose Avenue and Salem Street. Excavation and duct bank installation on Salem Street is expected to be completed by the end of the week. A detour remains in place at that location.
Once the Salem Street crew completes their work between the New Salem Street/Salem Street split and Patriot Circle, residents may notice them working from day to day at various other locations along the project route.
On Albion Street between the Stoneham line and Broadway, the traffic management plan involves a one-way alternating traffic at northern entrance to West Park Drive and a detour at West Park Drive.
The traffic management plan for Montrose Avenue between Whittier Road and Wakefield Junction substation driveway involves detours at Salem Street-Montrose Avenue and Water Street-Montrose Avenue intersections.
Work hours remain 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday at all work sites.
Drivers and those on foot are advised to exercise caution when approaching these active work areas to minimize risks to personal safety, and to avoid any interference with construction.
As construction continues, please note that the Wakefield Police Department has the option to modify the traffic management plans based on their judgment and expertise, including street closures and traffic detours to ensure the safety of the general public. As always, police details will be present at our work sites to facilitate vehicle and pedestrian traffic management.
National Grid has enacted additional policies and guidelines for our field and office personnel that are in line with the Commonwealth’s Guidelines and Procedures for construction as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines. For more information about National Grid’s response to COVID-19, please visit: ngrid.com/covid-19.
Under the direction of National Grid, the Woburn-to-Wakefield Line Project is a new underground electric transmission line being built in Wakefield, Stoneham, Winchester, and Woburn. The line addresses potential overloads on existing transmission lines first identified in ISO-NE’s 2008 Needs Assessment, reevaluated in 2013/2014, and confirmed in ISO-NE’s 2015 Needs Assessment.
Once all project construction is complete, the project route will be repaved, curb-to-curb, at National Grid’s expense. This includes sections of Albion Street, Broadway Street, North Avenue, Main Street, Salem Street, and Montrose Avenue as well as street crossings at Bennett Street, Richardson Street, and Water Street.
Anyone with questions about any current or upcoming work, may contact a member of the project outreach team by emailing info@ma-nhsolution.com or by calling the project hotline: 1-844-646-8427.