The $155 million reconstruction of Interstate 95 here has passed the halfway point, and in September it begins a new phase that shifts the current layout of the southbound lanes near Exit 74. Southbound traffic will then shift into what is now the project work zone, and vice-versa, Project Engineer Andrew Millovitsch said Thursday. Millovitsch said from July 28 until Aug. 11, the area of Flanders Road beneath and near the southbound I-95 bridge will be closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. to let crews safely install steel for the new bridge. After that two-week period, drivers can expect the two-week closure of the Exit 74 southbound off-ramp that drivers take to get to Costco. A detour will bring drivers to Exit 75, Millovitsch said. The project’s Resident Engineer James Therrien said the I-95 shift might sound like a big deal —and it is, especially to managers and crews —but to drivers, it won’t feel hugely different. The project is on schedule and largely on budget, with Millovitsch saying in March costs have risen about $6 million, relatively low for a project of this scope.
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