Downtown Dover Central Avenue paving operations begin Tuesday night

DOVER — Weather pending, paving operations for the downtown corridor of Central Avenue are set to begin the night of Tuesday, Sept. 13. Central Avenue from the railroad tracks to Hale Street will be milled, followed by an overlay of new pavement.

The contractor, Brox Industries, Inc., plans to mill from the railroad tracks to Washington Street from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. They plan to mill from Washington Street to Hale Street from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.

Milling work will involve grinding 1 to 1.5 inches of existing pavement, so the new pavement will maintain the current pavement-to-curb height, called "curb-reveal." Milling operations will take about three nights to complete, and the work will be loud.

Once the milling work and the adjustment of any road structures, such as stormwater drain grates and maintenance hole covers, are complete, the contractor will begin paving operations. Weather pending, the goal is to finish all paving operations by Tuesday, Sept. 20.

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The milling and paving must occur at night because traffic has to be restricted on the city's main corridor to allow the work to be safely completed.

Parking restrictions from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.

On-street parking will be prohibited on both sides of Central Avenue, from the railroad tracks to Hale Street, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, and Wednesday, Sept. 14. Parking restrictions may be extended to complete work because of weather or other issues.

Traffic through the area will also be curtailed.

For more information, contact Community Services at 603-516-6450, or visit the paving project page at www.dover.nh.gov/government/city-operations/community-services/engineering/paving/.

This article originally appeared on Fosters Daily Democrat: Downtown Central Avenue paving operations begin Tuesday night