UPDATE
Outer Loop:  Webster St (King St – E. Washington Ave) & Webster/Doty/King Intersection:  Contractor will be installing sanitary and water main on Webster and King.  Traffic will be in the right hand lane on Webster.  King St will be reduced to one lane outbound.  Right turns from Doty St to King St will be maintained at all times.

Outer Loop:  Fairchild St (Mifflin St – W. Washington Ave) & Mifflin St (Fairchild St – Henry St):  Contractor will be placing sidewalk, electrical and grading.  Traffic will remain in one lane of Fairchild.  Please anticipate daily switches between the right hand and left hand lanes.  Mifflin St will be remain one lane of traffic, toward Henry St, for the duration of the project.

Fairchild and Mifflin project is expected to be completed by May 24 except for tree planitings.

During construction, bi-weekly construction progress meetings will also be held with the Contractor.

The Fairchild project meetings are located at the 1st floor conference room of the Hovde building, 122 W. Washington Ave. Madison WI.  The meetings will be at 9am on every other Thursday starting April 4

The Webster project meetings are located at the Tenney Plaza building conference room, 3. S. Pinckney St. Madison, WI.  The meetings will be at 9am on every other Wednesday starting April 10

There two (2) projects for the outer loop in 2013.

A plan of the projects can be downloaded here: Fairchild plan  Webster Plan

A preconstruction meeting was held for both projects. A pdf of the presentation can be found here:  Fairchild Presentation  Webster Presentation

One of the projects is on N. Fairchild from W. Mifflin St. to W. Washington Ave. and also includes work on W. Mifflin St. from N. Henry St. to N. Fairchild St. (adjacent to the Central Library). This project includes pavement replacement, curb gutter replacement, spot sidewalk replacement, street and pedestrian lighting, tree installation, some storm sewer work, and replacement of the water main on N. Fairchild St.

The other project on the outer loop is on S. Webster St. from King St. to E. Washington Ave. This project will also include reconstruction of the King St., S. Webster St. and E. Doty St. intersection. This project includes pavement replacement, curb & gutter replacement, spot sidewalk replacement, street and pedestrian lighting, tree installation, replacement of the sanitary sewer and storm sewer, and abandonment of an old, undersized water main and reconnection of all properties to an existing larger main on S. Webster St.

Each project includes some pedestrian improvements. Both projects will include the installation of bump outs at the intersections where possible. The S. Webster St. project will also include installation of new pavement markings and a traffic signal at E. Main St. to establish a contra-flow bike lane and an improved pedestrian and bike crossing, similar to what was installed in 2012 on W. Main St.

Madison’s Central Business Improvement District (BID) has developed Downtown Get Around Guide to help patrons find their way during these construction projects. The guide as well as other project info can be found on the City's website at: [Outer Loop Project URL]

Direct link to Downtown Get Around Guide:  http://www.visitdowntownmadison.com/GetAround

Mobile link:  http://bit.ly/GetAround

 

One lane of traffic will remain open at all times on N. Fairchild St. At the start of construction, this lane will be on the west side of N. Fairchild (Library side), and will switch to the east side after work is completed on that side of the street.

W. Mifflin St. will remain open to one lane of traffic moving southbound for the majority of the reconstruction work. However, at least one closure of W. Mifflin St. will be included for approximately 3 days. Appropriate signage will be used including way-finding signs to the public parking ramp.

S. Webster St. will remain open to one lane of traffic during construction. King St. will remain open to one lane of traffic east bound.  The right turn off of E. Doty St. on to outbound King St. will be maintained. 

Schedule

N. Fairchild anticipated start of work – March 25, 2013

N. Fairchild anticipated completion of work – middle of May, 2013

S. Webster anticipated start of work – March 29, 2013

S. Webster anticipated completion of work – beginning of July, 2013