By BOB MARTIN
Eagle Times Staff
CLAREMONT, N.H. — The city of Claremont announced that the construction season for road improvements has begun, which will cause impacts to traffic with lane closures and one-way alternating traffic during regular work hours during the week.
“Beginning Friday, March 21, 2025, the City of Claremont’s contractor, B.U.R Construction, will resume construction activities for the 2025 construction season on the NH Route 12 and North Street Improvements Project,” a report on the city’s Facebook page by McFarland Johnson stated. “Construction activities will start with waterline improvements on North Street for the coming week.”
The report stated that the stormwater drainage construction will start on March 31.
This is a federally funded project that involves the reconfiguring of the N.H. 12 and North Street intersection. The approximately mile-long section of roadway will be reconstructed, realigned and widened as well.
The work will include profile improvements to North Street and a stop-controlled intersection where North Street meets NH 12,” the report stated. “Utility adjustments, a new water line, drainage improvements, replacement of the Stevens Brook culvert under NH 12, soldier pile retaining wall construction, and stormwater management measures will also be included in the project.”
The revamping project of N.H. Route 12 and North Street went full force last spring and summer, as a contract was signed about a year ago, with construction starting April 9. It all started with tree clearing, drainage improvements, installing water lines and relocating a utility pole. Last May, the water main construction and the installation of a Soldier Pile retaining wall took place, and construction continued all throughout last summer.
Construction stopped on Dec. 5 for the 2024 season, and over the next several months utility crews continued with overhead utility relocations, as well as preparing for this season.
The project is being done by B.U.R. Construction out of the neighboring town of Newport. Project Manager Chris Glock told the Eagle Times on Monday that the small amount of snow and wintry weather shouldn’t have any effect on the timeline of the project.
“If we got a foot that would be a different story, but I don’t see this pushing back on anything at all,” said Glock.
Previous estimates have said that the total project will be completed in November 2025, and Glock said they are right on point.
“We are on task and on schedule,” Glock said.
