Reconstruction and Widening Project of Route 7 in New Milford Revised

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

NEWS RELEASE

2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546 NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT 06131-7546

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Project #095-0219/0228/0229/0230/0243

F.A.P.#STPA-2759(024) & HPP-H015(003)

Town of New Milford, Connecticut

Route 7

Reconstruction and Widening of Route 7

New Milford, CT- The Department of Transportation announced today that, weather permitting, beginning Monday, July 9, 2007, Sullivan Road in New Milford, from the Route 7 intersection to the intersection of Old Town Park Road, will be closed around the clock (24 hours a day) to allow for sewer installation, drainage, and roadway construction. Anticipated completion is Sunday, July 22, 2007 with Sullivan Road reopening the day after on Monday, July 23, 2007. Motorists should follow the signed detour route.

Also, beginning Monday, July 16, 2007, Route 7 traffic from north of Cross Road to Larson Road will shift west for stage construction. Traffic will be in this configuration until October of 2007.

Hallberg Contracting of North Haven is performing this work. Construction signs and barricades will be utilized for traffic control.Motorists should use caution through the work zone and reduce their speed accordingly.