North Bassett Street Closure

Starting at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 22, North Bassett Street will be fully closed between West Dayton Street and West Washington Avenue for street reconstruction. The project is expected to be completed and the street reopened in mid-November.

Madison Gas and Electric Company recently completed installing a new electrical duct package on Bassett Street that necessitated lane closures for the past several months prior to the street reconstruction. During the street reconstruction North Bassett Street will be closed to all through traffic by the City’s contractor, S&L Underground, Inc. Local access to residences will be maintained, but residential driveways may be closed for several days when work is taking place immediately in front of the driveway. There will be limited impacts to traffic on West Dayton Street and West Washington Avenue, but it is expected that two?way traffic will be maintained on those streets. At times, the intersection with West Mifflin Street will need to be closed, but access at this intersection will be maintained whenever possible. All on?street parking will be removed during construction.

The reconstruction of North Bassett Street will include replacement of the water main, sanitary sewer main and laterals, installation of new pedestrian scale lighting, and replacement of the pavement, curb, driveway apron, and sidewalk as necessary.

This project also includes a test of proposed modifications to the bike lane and parking lane on this portion of North Bassett Street. These proposed changes include moving the bike lane to be adjacent to the curb, and the parking lane will be relocated to be between the right travel lane and the bike lane, away from the curb. The bike lane and parking lane would then be separated by a buffer and plastic delineators. These proposed changes are the result of a corridor study. Detailed information about the Bassett Street corridor study is available here.