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Workers move piping in place along Main Street in Lake Placid Tuesday afternoon, April 13, as part of the early phases the village’s $10 million construction project which is scheduled to last for more than two years. (News photo Lou Reuter)
LAKE PLACID For the week of Monday, April 19 to Friday, April 23, Main Street work is expected to continue with the excavation to replace the water main, according to Kate Thompson of the Lake Placid-North Elba Community Development Commission, which is helping the village with public information updates about the project. Crews will pick up near the Palace Theatre and move south toward the post office. Another crew will continue work on the drainage installations for the portion of the new stormwater management system at the north end of Main Street, near One Main Park. Work may also begin to install the new stormwater catch basin there.
LAKE PLACID The excavation of the water main on Main Street was planned to start on Monday, April 12, beginning at the north end of town, at the intersection
the Enterprise staff Orange construction cones line Main Street, Lake Placid, outside the Palace Theatre on Monday, the first day of the streetâs much-anticipated reconstruction project.
(Enterprise photo â Elizabeth Izzo)
Orange construction cones line Main Street, Lake Placid, outside the Palace Theatre on Monday, the first day of the streetâs much-anticipated reconstruction project.
(Enterprise photo â Elizabeth Izzo) LAKE PLACID Downtown Lake Placid is five days into a Main Street reconstruction project that is expected to continue, on and off, two-and-a-half years. As a result of the early good weather, detours and construction for the Main Street overhaul began on Monday, according to Kate Thompson of the Lake Placid-North Elba Community Development Commission, which is helping the village of Lake Placid with public information updates about the project.
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Cones and signs were operational along Lake Placid’s Main Street when this photo was taken Monday, April 5 in front of the Palace Theatre. (News photo Elizabeth Izzo) LAKE PLACID As a result of the early good weather, detours and construction for the Main Street overhaul began on Monday, April 5, according to Kate Thompson of the Lake Placid-North Elba Community Development Commission, which is helping the village of Lake Placid with public information updates about the project. Businesses on Main Street are open daily for business, and parking is available. Detours will run through the end of June during the spring 2021 construction cycle. Trucks and cars traveling through Lake Placid to or from Saranac Lake are being directed to use Old Military Road between Saranac Avenue (Route 86) and Sentinel Road (Route 73).
Apr 5, 2021
This map shows detours for the Main Street, Lake Placid, construction project.
(Provided photo â Village of Lake Placid) LAKE PLACID Construction for Main Street in Lake Placid begins today. Businesses on Main Street will be open daily and parking will be available. Detours will run from April 5 through the end of June during the spring 2021 construction cycle. Trucks and cars traveling through Lake Placid to or from Saranac Lake will be directed to use Old Military Road between Sara Placid Road (state Route 86) and Sentinel Road (state Route 73). Traffic through Main Street will move like in a rotary. It will be one way north from the United States Post Office to One Main Street Park, and up the hill on Sara Placid Road to St. Agnes Church. Hillcrest Avenue will be one way southbound to the Crowne Plaza on Olympic Drive. Olympic Drive between the Crowne Plaza and Main Street will be two-way.