Coming Soon: The Roundabout
Officer George Fischer is man in the middle as traffic backed up around the blinker intersection this week during construction on roundabout.
Officer George Fischer is man in the middle as traffic backed up around the blinker intersection this week during construction on roundabout.
Drivers can now see the direction of things to come.
Drivers can now see the direction of things to come.
Old asphalt came up and dirt flew during construction this week.
Old asphalt came up and dirt flew during construction this week.
Roundabout expected to ease traffic backups — after the work is done.
Roundabout expected to ease traffic backups — after the work is done.
Blinker lights decommissioned on April 4, without fanfare. The lights are now stored in the Oak Bluffs highway barn.
Blinker lights decommissioned on April 4, without fanfare. The lights are now stored in the Oak Bluffs highway barn.
Mind the undercarriage, please.
Mind the undercarriage, please.
State highway crews on the $1.2 million job in Oak Bluffs.
State highway crews on the $1.2 million job in Oak Bluffs.
Fresh paving will take place before Memorial Day.
Fresh paving will take place before Memorial Day.
Traffic jam is this way.
Traffic jam is this way.
In early April, without any fanfare, the Vineyard lost its only traffic signal. With the installation of a roundabout now about two weeks away, the two blinking lights at the intersection of Barnes Road and Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road were taken away to the Oak Bluffs highway department, their lights dimmed for the foreseeable future.