As Viroqua street project nears completion city says traffic pattern will change

East Jefferson Street to open soon and will be one-way, South Street (east) still closed 

VIROQUA, Wis – City of Viroqua Engineer Sarah Grainger issued a statement today to let motorists know that as their traffic realignment project gets closer to completion some of the traffic patterns downtown will also be changing.

Grainer said things are moving along and the Jefferson Street concrete work is now complete. The concrete at South Street is nearly all poured and will be finished tomorrow. 

The current plan is that East Jefferson will be open later this afternoon. That means that both sides of Jefferson are now one-way streets going towards Main Street, i.e. opposite directions. As before, it will take some time to get used to this new configuration. For example, you will need to come from Center Avenue or East Jefferson to get to the Post Office. Please bear with us as we finish the other components of the project on the side streets, such as line painting, that will aid in this transition. 

South Street concrete will need time to cure and, therefore, east South Street at Main will not be open until next week. After all this work is complete, both sides of South Street will continue to be two-way streets. If all goes well, the traffic signals will be in place at the end of next week. 

With Jefferson planned to open today, the traffic control should then be isolated to the areas needed for South Street work. This configuration will continue through mid-next week. There are materials stored in some of the parking lanes on Main, such as pipe and inlet structures. Please be mindful of these obstacles. 

It is expected that work will begin on East Court and Terhune as of mid-next week, possibly Tuesday or Wednesday. During this time there will be the same type of lane closures we have seen up to now, from just north of Court to South Street. There are about two weeks of work at these locations. After that comes the finale ~ painting and restoration.

Information about the project is available at the construction webpage on the city website at https://cms2.revize.com/revize/viroqua/business_detail_T3_R9.php. If you have any questions, wish to set up an appointment to discuss sight specific needs one or one, or want to provide your email to receive these updates, feel free to contact me at 608-637-2937 or sgrainger@viroqua-wisconsin.com.