Waltham PD Adds Officers To Lexington Street Project As School Starts

News release from the Waltham Police Department.

WALTHAM, MA — Due to the ongoing MWRA water main project on Lexington Street, the Waltham police have added officers to help facilitate traffic that we anticipate due to the start of school next week. The established detour route will remain the same, northbound lane on Lexington Street only from Piety Corner to Jack’s Way, Monday through Friday 7 AM to 5PM.

Officers will continue to be stationed along the project route as well as being added to the exit and entrance to the High School / Kennedy Middle School on Lexington Street.

Officers will be moved as needed to accommodate for any traffic issues that may arise.

Travelers who need access to the YMCA, the Waltham High School, or the Kennedy Middle School will be able to access those properties from either direction on Lexington Street, southbound or northbound.

To accommodate buses that need to transport students returning home south of Piety Corner the following will occur:
A detail officer will pull out the buses from the High School and the Kennedy Middle School and allow those buses needing access to the south side of the city a clear path southbound on Lexington Street through Piety Corner.

Northbound traffic will be temporarily stopped at Piety Corner while this is happening.

The southbound exemption is for buses only.

The southbound bus convoy will be allowed to travel south on Lexington Street through Piety Corner unimpeded. Once the convoy is out of Piety Corner, northbound traffic will resume.

We will constantly update the traffic plans as the work progresses.