Due to an unforeseen incident related to construction work in Congress Square, High Street is closed from Spring Street to Congress Street for emergency utility repair work.  The closure is in effect immediaely andis expecdted to las for several days.  The city will provide updates as they become available.

Consolidated Communications has mobilized crews to work 24/7 to fix an incident related to underground fiber connectivity.  WCSH and local traffic will have access to their facilities.  All non-industrial and commercial traffic will be detoured from High Street onto Spring Street.

Itd is recommended that industrial and commercial traffic use West Commercial Street to St. John Street and Commercial Street to F ranklin Street to avoid the closure according to a press release received from the city spokeswoman late this afternoon.