The Shadow
The Town of Clifton Forge closed the eastern part of Ridgeway St. on Sun., Nov. 6, until further notice in order to insert a valve to repair the waterline beneath the street.
Having been turned into a one-way street for traffic flowing west to east for several days, Ridgeway St. near the traffic light where Commercial Ave. and Ridgeway St. intersect remains closed while earth-moving machines complete the task.
The detours established to handle the traffic flow include one that routs eastbound traffic onto Roxbury St., then onto Keswick St. through Main St. and back into the normal traffic flow beginning at the fountain located at the east side of the PrimisBank Building.
Another detour now routs all westbound traffic straight onto Main St. past The Historic Masonic Theatre onto Keswick St., then left onto Roxbury St. and on to Ridgeway St. to continue west.
While there will be no through traffic on Ridgeway St. for what the Town’s officials estimate to be a week to 10 days, the street will be open for local parking during that time.
Both Keswick St. and Main St. will accommodate two-way traffic during the shutdown of Ridgeway St.
Other infrastructure repairs include the coffer dam project that is enabling workers to lay a pipeline under the Jackson River from north to south, having already completed the south-to-north half of the under-the-river pipeline.
In a press release from the Town of Clifton Forge, the Town directed citizens who have questions about the detours and infrastructure work to contact the Clifton Forge Public Works Department at (540) 863-2517 or the Clifton Forge Town Hall at (540) 863-2500.
