Section of Route 611 in Easton to be shut down two to four weeks

A section of Route 611 below College Hill in Easton will be closed for two to four weeks to repair a retaining wall.

Heavy rains in May damaged the wall at the cul de sac of Mattes Lane above Route 611,according to city public works director Dave Hopkins.

The road has been closed intermittently all summer for the project, Hopkins said.

"It's a fairly complicated project," Hopkins said.

The road will shut down for two to four weeks so by-passers on Route 611 won't be in harm's way from the work above. Work is expected to begin some time after this weekend, Hopkins said.

Traffic was at a crawl Monday morning due to work on the project, but that was in large part due to traffic rerouted from a crash on Route 611. The road was closed Tuesday morning but traffic wasn't nearly as bad, Hopkins said.

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Section of Route 611 in Easton to be shut down two to four weeks