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Five Things You Need To Know Today, August 12

Construction along 93 continues this weekend.

Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section.

Today is Friday, August 12. Here are five things you need to know:

  1. Good Start to the weekend: The pleasant weather will continue today. According to the National Weather Service, the high for Friday will be 80 degrees. Expect it to be mostly sunny throughout the day and by Friday night temperatures are expected to drop to 60 degrees.
  2. Gold Rush: The price of gold continues to soar. On Wednesday it reached an all-time high of $1,800 an ounce.
  3. Construction: Work crews will continue the series of rapid bridge superstructure replacements on I-93 in Medford beginning on Friday, August 12 at 7:45 p.m. and continuing through Monday, August 15 at 5 a.m. This weekend’s location involves the bridge on I-93 South over Route 16. Throughout the course of the weekend, traffic on I-93 will be limited to two lanes in each direction over a 6-mile segment between Exit 28 (Sullivan Square) in Somerville and Exit 36 (Montvale Avenue) in Stoneham. Traffic on I-93 South will be directed through a median crossover near Spot Pond at the Stoneham/Medford line and then travel in counter-flow operation on the northbound barrel of the highway before traveling through a second median crossover near the Medford/Somerville line. I-93 directional traffic will be separated by a moveable “zipper lane” barrier. Access to and from many of the ramps on I-93 South in this area will be restricted.
    The following lane and ramp
  4. Traffic: The Winchester will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 22 at 8:45 p.m. in the Board of Selectmen’s Meeting Room, to review the traffic study reports prepared and to be presented by traffic consultants Fay, Spofford and Thorndike on the intersections of Main Street/Swanton Street/Water Street; Main Street/Hemingway Street; and Main Street/Skillings Road/Lake Street.
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