Construction on the Pulse, GRTC Transit System’s roughly $63 million, Broad Street-centered bus rapid transit project, will begin Aug. 16.
Utility relocation will begin at Thompson and Broad streets, moving east on the south side of Broad, and creating temporary work zones that will close curbside lanes on Broad and the adjacent sidewalk for 500 feet around the job site, GRTC said in a news release. Work hours will be 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and will run into October.
Lane Construction, the design-build contractor for the state-managed project, “will proactively minimize disruption to businesses and residents during construction,” GRTC said, adding that “any activity that would impact parking, loading zones, access, utilities and other business-related functions” must be approved in advance by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
