Augusta’s Mount Vernon Avenue ‘One-Way’ Traffic Starts Today

Traffic alert today for Augusta commuters. Starting this morning, part of Mount Vernon Avenue becomes a one-way street headed north.

The $4.3 million reconstruction project  is expected to continue through June of next year.

The one-way restriction could last about three months, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The section of the road to be restricted to one-way is only about a half-mile long, from Mill Street near the Bond Brook Bridge just north of the Bond and Boothby street intersection to a fuel depot just south of Augusta Florist. The rest of Mount Vernon Avenue will remain open to traffic in both directions.

Left-hand turns out of the Marketplace onto Townsend Road, previously banned, will be allowed,  during the project.

Businesses on Mount Vernon Avenue will remain open and have access during construction.