July 22nd Update

TEMPORARY CLOSURES SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK

IN CUMBERLAND AVENUE CORRIDOR

Next week, motorists should anticipate temporary lane or street closures in the Cumberland Avenue Corridor, including two overnight closures of a two-block section of Cumberland.

Starting at 10 p.m. Monday, July 25, a contractor, Southern Constructors Inc., will be closing Cumberland Avenue between 17^th and 19^th streets to install a duct bank across the street. Cumberland Avenue is scheduled to reopen at 6 a.m. the next morning, Tuesday, July 26. The closure will be repeated starting at 10 p.m. Tuesday night, July 26, with the project to be completed by 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 27.

Westbound motorists on Cumberland Avenue will be detoured onto Melrose Place to Lake Avenue to 19^th Street before reconnecting to Cumberland. Eastbound motorists on Cumberland Avenue will be detoured onto 19^th Street to Clinch Avenue to 17^th Street before returning to Cumberland.

Meanwhile, Southern Constructors Inc. will be doing work on two other streets in the area as part of the City’s $17 million reconstruction of Cumberland Avenue:

n  17^th Street – A righthand northbound lane will be closed between Cumberland and White avenues from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27. Crews will be connecting a new water main.

n  North 19^th Street – Crews will close the street between Cumberland and White avenues from 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, to 6 p.m. Friday, July 29. The roadway is being rebuilt. Motorists can use 18^th or 20^th streets as alternate routes.

More information is available at www.CumberlandConnect.com, on the Cumberland Connect Facebook page, facebook.com/CumberlandConnect, and on the Cumberland Connect phone app. Or text VFL to 313131 to get text messages on the most current traffic updates.