Construction work on Tisbury’s Main Street beautification project is entering its final phase starting on Tuesday, April 18, and continuing to Friday, April 21.
According to a letter written by Tisbury department of public works director Kirk Metell, contractors from Lawrence-Lynch will begin grinding roads down on Tuesday in order to repave Main Street and complete line work. Town staff are also installing new signs, benches, and bicycle racks.
The project began last fall with the goal of rejuvenating the town’s streetscape, allowing for a safer, more accessible retail district, and improving traffic flow.
Main Street will be closed to traffic during construction, but the sidewalk will be open to pedestrians. Metell asks people to use “extreme caution” when accessing businesses during the road construction. Parking will be available to business owners, tenants, and patrons at the Old Fire Station parking lot, Church Street tennis courts, Union Street parking lot, Stop & Shop parking lot, the Veterans Memorial Park parking lot, and side streets around Main Street.
The project is planned to be fully completed by Monday, May 15. The full plans are available on the Tisbury town website.
Great more signs. As if we didn’t have enough. The best one is tractor trailer route. With so many signs to read you don’t see the pedestrians J walking.
I’m not sure how this work is going to make for a safer retail district until it’s possible to see pedestrians in the crosswalks. On the side where the cars are parked it’s absolutely necessary to make sure that you’re out there, beyond where the cars block any view of the pedestrians and make sure that the drivers see you before you actually start to cross! I’m willing to wait until the work is done to decide if it’s an overall improvement or not.