South Blair Street Closure and Reconstruction Project Information

Starting Monday, March 21, Integrity Grading & Excavating will begin work at the John Nolen Drive, South Blair Street and East Wilson Street intersection. Northbound South Blair Street will be reduced to one traffic lane, which will result in travel delays during peak travel times. 

Starting approximately Friday, April 1, major excavation will begin. During this time, South Blair Street will be fully closed to traffic between East Washington Avenue and East Wilson Street. Westbound East Washington Avenue traffic will not be allowed to turn left onto Blair Street and eastbound John Nolen Drive traffic will be forced to turn right onto Williamson Street. However, one southbound traffic lane will be maintained during the morning rush hour each weekday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Signage suggesting an alternate route using South Broom Street, West Wilson Street and the Outer Loop has been installed by the contractor. Maps of the closures are available here and here.

This project is a full reconstruction of South Blair Street from John Nolen Drive to East Washington Avenue, including the Blair/Wilson/Williamson/John Nolen intersection. Project completion is scheduled for early November. The project will include safety improvements at the Blair/Wilson/Williamson/John Nolen intersection as well as pavement replacement of South Blair Street from Wilson/Williamson to East Washington Avenue. The project will also include replacement of the sanitary and storm sewers within the project limits, new pedestrian scale lighting on South Blair Street and railroad crossing improvements to allow for the installation of a quiet zone. In a quiet zone, railroads are required to cease the routine sounding of their horns when approaching crossings.

A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 22 at 4:30 p.m. at Essen Haus, 514 East Wilson Street, to discuss the construction schedule and impacts.

For more information and project updates, please visit the project webpage here.