Bennett Street work continues

Renovations to Bennett Street and the Airport loop road, which began last May, are still ongoing. Workers with SECON have been doing a complete rehab of Bennett Street. This includes repaving the road, putting in new drains, repairing old sidewalks and constructing new ones. They have also been repaving the airport road.

Another part of the project that was added at the eleventh hour, according to Project Director Ralph Vigilante, was replacing a city water line along the road. Adding this to renovations to Evergreen Avenue last summer, the entire airport loop will be completely redone once this bit of construction comes to a close.

Vigilante said that everything is going well. Work is staying on schedule and on budget. He expects that road paving will begin on Aug. 26, which should take less than a week. The final completion date for the whole project is set for November, he said, but the work should be largely complete before that date.

"We appreciate everybody's patience," he said.