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Traffic Alert: What Drivers Need to Know About Worcester's Canal District Construction

This week Canal District construction will impact about a dozen roadways, altering drive times and traffic patterns while contractors install curbs, a fire hydrant, and electrical work.

This week Canal District construction will impact about a dozen roadways, altering drive times and traffic patterns while contractors install curbs, a fire hydrant, and electrical work. (Pictured here is Kelley Square, pre-construction.)

This week Canal District construction will impact about a dozen roadways, altering drive times and traffic patterns while contractors install curbs, a fire hydrant, and electrical work. (Pictured here is Kelley Square, pre-construction.)

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Construction in the Canal District began August 2019, when work got underway to build a new $86 million to $90 million ballpark, Polar Park, to host the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. The park will have a capacity of about 10,000 people. Kelley Square is being redesigned to make the area safer for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. Restaurant and retail space as well as a 500-space municipal parking garage will be developed in the Green Island & Canal District.

This week, motorists should be wary of the following construction and roadwork that could impact drive times:

Ash Street: New hydrant being installed at Ash Street and Summit Street

Gold Street: Paving the base and intermediate courses during the day today, Monday, July 27

I-290 Ramps: Curb work near the I-290 ramps during the day from today, Monday, July 27, to Friday, July, 31.

Jefferson Street: Concrete work during the day from today, Monday, July 27, to Friday, July, 24.

Kelley Square: Curb work near Kelley Square Pizza and Hotel Vernon during the day from today, Monday, July 27, to Friday, July, 31.

Lamartine Street: National Grid’s civil contractor Mirra will be working on Lamartine Street from Meade Street towards Grosvenor Street to Green Island Boulevard.

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