Detours for Williamstown's South Street Project Begin Tuesday

Community submission11:40AM / Saturday, April 12, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The long-awaited reconstruction of South Street will begin on Monday, creating a long-term traffic detour that will begin on Tuesday, the town said last week.

Starting Tuesday, April 15, South Street will be one way, southbound from Field Park to the Clark Art Institute.

For the duration fo the 2025 construction season, all traffic leaving the Clark will be directed to Gale Road to Water Street (Route 43).

The first week of construction will largely involve fencing trees for their protection and the installation of sedimentation and erosion controls.

Ultimately, the project will replace all underground infrastructure in the South Street Corridor and reconstruct the traveled way.

"Upon completion in the summer of 2026 the newly renovated South Street will be built to Complete Streets standards with sidewalks along the eastern side of the roadway, narrowed travel lanes to reduce traffic speed, full bike lanes, and two new mid block pedestrian crossings," town officials said in announcing the road work.

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Williamstown CPC Again Sees More Requests than Funds Available

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:04AM / Monday, January 19, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Community Preservation Committee will meet on Tuesday to begin considering grant applications for the fiscal year 2027 funding cycle.

As has been the case in recent years, the total of the requests before the committee far exceed the amount of Community Preservation Act funds the town anticipates for the fiscal year that begins on July 1.

Nine applications totaling $1,003,434 are on the table for the committee's perusal. The committee previously has discussed a limit of $624,000 in available funds for this funding cycle, about 62 percent of the total sought.

Over the next few weeks, the CPC will decide the eligibility of the applicants under the CPA and make recommendations to May's annual town meeting, which approves the allocations. Only once since the town accepted the provisions of the 2000 act have meeting members rejected a grant put forward by the committee.

The nine applications for FY27, in descending order of magnitude, are:

• Purple Valley Trails (in conjunction with the town): $366,911 to build a new skate park on Stetson Road (49 percent of project cost).

• Town of Williamstown: $250,000 in FY 27 (with a promise of an additional $250,000 in FY28) to support the renovation of Broad Brook Park (total project cost still unknown).

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