Road Ripped Into At Main Street And Fishkill/Teller Avenues For Infrastructure Upgrade
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Photo Credit: Ledion Shtanaj
Work to the sidewalk on Fishkill Avenue and Main Street was still underway on Thursday 4/9/2025 5pm, but traffic on Main Street was restored to normal.
Photo Credit: Katie Hellmuth
Main Street at the intersection of Fishkill/Teller Avenues was ripped into this past week, starting early Monday morning (4/7/2025) and continuing through Thursday. A robo-call from the City that went out to subscribers stated: “The City’s Water and Sewer Department will be partially closing the intersection in order to address necessary manhole excavation and reconstruction work. Work will continue around the clock until very early in the morning on Thursday, April 10th.”
While Fishkill and Teller Avenues underwent infrastructure upgrades to pipes under the sidewalk all last summer, it is not confirmed if this manhole excavation work was planned, or if an event caused for emergency work. There is a rumor as to the price tag, and ALBB is awaiting delivery of the FOIL as to the cost and detail of this project.
The City provided a traffic re-routing plan, and encouraged people to go around. Temporary traffic lights were placed in the middle of the road further up from the main intersection to direct traffic around the roadwork.
On Wednesday 4/9/2025, the City of Beacon issued an updated via Facebook that the work had completed and traffic returned to normal. Work to the sidewalk was still underway as of Thursday 5pm.
Photo Credits: Ledion Shtanaj
