The plan calls for improvements on 10 miles of the road to begin May 10 and end in July.

COBURN GORE – Drivers using Route 27 in Chain of Ponds and Coburn Gore after May 10 may want to allow some additional travel time until mid-summer, according to the Maine Department of Transportation.

“We’re going to resume work May 10 on our project to improve 10 miles of Route 27, beginning at Ledge Hill and extending north to the Canadian border,” said Jeffrey Wallace, MDOT’s construction manager for the project.

“The first major effort this spring will be installation of a retaining wall at Natanis Pond. That installation will require digging out about 220 feet of existing roadway, pouring a concrete slab, and allowing the concrete to cure. Once that work begins, traffic will be restricted to a single lane, day and night, for about three days,” Wallace said.

“By the end of May, we anticipate five to eight separate construction operations to be ongoing within the 10-mile corridor,” Wallace said. “Our typical work hours will be 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and drivers should expect to encounter multiple work areas during that time.”

He says the project, awarded to Barrett Paving of Dover-Foxcroft on a bid of nearly $6.8 million, calls for completion by the end of July.

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