Potholes and manhole covers soon won't cause driver's problems on North Street in Danbury.  Milling and paving is under way. The state Department of Transportation is finally getting set to finish the widening project that started more than two years ago.  Final lane alignment and the new lanes were opened up in December, but at that point the asphalt plants closed. 

District Engineer John Dunham says they were unable to finish the top layer of pavement.  There will be about a week of milling work in the overnights, 8pm to 6am, and then two weeks of paving.  About a week later, Dunham says the contractor will do final line striping. 

A semi-final inspection will include a final review of signal timing to make sure traffic is flowing as well as it can through the area.

Construction started in April of 2015.  It was slated for completion last summer, but ran into several problems.  A water main, which wasn't on any schematics, was accidentally broken during the project.  The City also asked that a planned drainage pipe be moved from the original proposed location.  The $15 million project ran over budget.