Silt fences sit along the eastern edge of Interstate 91 behind Bee Street where the commuter lot is now a staging area for O&G Industries to park trucks and equipment. Phase I of state Department of Transportation project number 72-245 has quietly begun in the city while the other two phases of an overall $500 million project to detangle I-91 and Route 15 north and south will begin when this phase is complete. “By April, it’s going to get crazy,” an O&G worker said Friday. Project managers explained the plan was to start on I-691 in Meriden and travel easterly to the I-91 north merge. The existing sharp curve will be straightened out and become two lanes, while 691 at Preston Avenue will become one lane into Middlefield. A bridge will be rebuilt on the eastern side of 91 north while the existing bridge is in use. New signs, lights, drainage systems, guardrails and pavement will be included in the $57 million price tag for Phase I.
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