AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing work at the intersection of Western Avenue and Armory Street in Augusta that will impact traffic later this week and all next week.

The work is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, November 9th and end by Friday, November 18th. Much of this work will be daytime work occurring between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Drivers should expect lane closures on the westbound side of Western Avenue (the side closer to the Armory and heading toward I-95).

This work involves paving and curb installation. Crews will be creating a new entrance/exit to the Armory parking lot west of the existing entrance/exit. The existing entrance/exit (across from Armory Street) will be closed, turning the four-way intersection in a three-way intersection.

This work is part of a larger project to upgrade 104 traffic signals and intersections throughout the state. Forty of those intersections are in the City of Augusta. The contractor on this project is Dagle Electrical Construction Corporation of Wilmington, MA. The contract amount is $20,844,813.