A portion of Main Street will be closed between 6:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
HAMPDEN – Main Street between Somers Road and the White Birch Apartments will undergo reconstruction during the week of Aug. 1, Hampden Highway Superintendent Dana Pixley said.
The project is scheduled to begin Monday, weather permitting, and the work should take about a week, Pixley said.
During the project, a portion of Main Street -- from Somers Road to around No. 359 White Birch Apartments -- will be closed to through traffic from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to allow grading, paving and other work to be performed.
Emergency vehicles, delivery trucks, mail carriers and Main Street residents will still have access to the street, while others seeking to reach the center of Hampden must take Somers Road to Wilbraham Road, which becomes Main Street in Wilbraham.
From there, motorists can take Burleigh Road to North Road, which intersects with Main Street in Hampden by the town library.