Field Park Takes on New Shape
 Orange paint marks where a walkway will go near the entrance of the veterans memorial. Below, new islands have been built around utility poles to help slow traffic. Field Park Face-Lift
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — There are signs of progress at the rotary around Field Park. Granite curbing is in place and the odd-shaped park's ends have been smoothed into easier-to-maneuver forms. On Wednesday, crews were blowing hayseed along the curb edges to encourage grass growth and a path has been cut through the park for pedestrians to walk from the Williams Inn to the Milne Public Library. Finish work still needs to be done on the dirt path. The new roadway includes the relocation of utility poles and a widening at the Williams Inn for buses to drop off and pick up passengers. It also opened up the east end of the veterans memorial to make it handicapped accessible. The $750,000 project began in May and was scheduled to be completed by Labor Day. Update: Final paving will occur on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 10 and 11, and possibly the following Monday. Some tie-ups, including Verizon's delay in relocating utility poles until Monday, Aug. 31, and the town's letting a school in New York get paving work done before it opened, may push the completion into the third week of September. Bad weather has also played a role. Several other smaller projects — extension of sidewalks on Cold Spring Road and South and North streets, new paving to the Town Hall and drainage installation near the library — may also extend the completion date.  Also on Wednesday, work was under way on the wall separating Hemlock Brook from the pond at Margaret Lindley Park on Route 7. The picnic and swimming area closed for the season last Thursday, Aug. 20, so repairs could begin on the wall. |
