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Project Updates

The project team is issuing weekly Construction Updates via email, highlighting the upcoming week’s construction activities and anticipated impacts during active construction. The project also issues Project Announcements and Traffic Alerts to the project stakeholder list to share important milestones and any schedule changes. Click here to sign up to receive these updates directly in your inbox.

You can also sign up by contacting the project’s Public Information Team at 802-595-4399 or info@ColchesterExit17.com and providing your email address. Periodic updates will also be posted on VTAlert, Front Porch Forum, and VTrans social media channels.

Latest Construction Update

DATE: Friday, May 23, 2025

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: In observance of Memorial Day, crews will be out of the roadway by noon today, May 23, and return to the project area on Tuesday, May 27, at 6 a.m.

TRAFFIC IMPACT AND DURATION: From Tuesday, May 27, through Friday, May 30, I-89 will be reduced to a single lane in both directions near Exit 17 during off-peak hours: 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on I-89 northbound and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on I-89 southbound.

There is potential for lane closures with traffic shifts on U.S. 2 between Chimney Corner and the I-89 southbound ramps. Two-way traffic will be maintained on U.S. 2.

Motorists should slow down, use caution, and pay attention to road signs and flaggers while traveling through the project limits.

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES: Tuesday through Friday during daytime hours, work will continue on the new U.S. 2 bridge deck and approaches, and the gravel wetland near the I-89 southbound on-ramp. Crews will also install street light foundations.

Crews continue constructing the gravel wetland near the new I-89 Exit 17 southbound on-ramp in Colchester, VT.

Crews continue constructing the gravel wetland near the new I-89 Exit 17 southbound on-ramp in Colchester, VT.

Past Project Updates

TRAFFIC ALERT:

On Monday, August 19, southbound traffic on Interstate 89 exiting at Exit 17 permanently shifted to the new southbound off-ramp located west of the existing off-ramp.