At last Thursday’s pre-council planning meeting, Lebanon City Council got an estimated schedule for the imminent Cumberland Street (U.S. Route 422 West) repaving project from director of public works Chad Yeagley.
A new asphalt surface on the main street through downtown Lebanon will be installed from 5th Avenue west to the city line at 16th Street, a distance of about 1.9 miles.
According to Yeagley, the schedule, subject to weather and other contingencies, is:
- Monday, Aug. 26: Base repairs will be made during the week of Aug. 26
- Tuesday, Sept. 3: (the Tuesday after Labor Day): Milling to remove the old surface will start, between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m., to minimize traffic impact, and be completed around Sept. 11.
- Wednesday or Thursday, Sept 11 or 12: Laying of the base or “scratch course” will start, between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., and be completed around Sept. 16.
- Sunday or Monday, Sept. 15 or 16: Laying of the finish coat will start, between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., and should be completed around Sept. 25.
Speaking to LebTown, Yeagley added that:
- “No parking” signs will be in place 72 hours prior to project start.
- During the entire project there will be one lane that remains open at all times.
- Flaggers will be present at all intersections and wherever appropriate in relation to construction personnel and equipment.
- During milling, which can be noisy, “individual residences should be impacted approximately 30-45 min during the course of the night as the equipment moves Westbound during operations.”
- Some areas at the east end of Cumberland Street, “may take a little longer since the lanes are much wider to accommodate parking (i.e. area around the 300 block – Gin Mill).”
- Work will proceed from east to west, starting at the intersection of 5th Ave (Route 897) and Cumberland Street.
Refinishing Cumberland Street is the last leg of a project that started in 2019 and has so far repaved Walnut Street (Route 422 East), 9th Street (Route 72 North), and 10th Street (Route 72 South), the city’s four main traffic arteries.
Read More:
- (January 2020) Walnut Street resurfacing bumped to 2021; more city roadwork coming
- (June 2021) Milling begins in Walnut Street repaving project
- (August 2022) 10th Street repaving project, part of major upgrade, starts in city this month
- (July 2023) City of Lebanon releases street repaving schedule for the rest of the summer
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