Hospital detour coming in March

PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — Transiting motorists are going to get a view of the city’s downtown during a scheduled eight-day traffic detour in March. In conjunction with the ongoing construction of the Bobbie Glinton Medical Office Building at Bon Secours Community Hospital, PACE Construction Managers Inc. is scheduling a road closure for East Main Street between the intersections with Jersey Avenue and Fowler Street. The detour will be in place beginning on March 9 and ending on March 17, 2009. Traffic will be detoured as follows: for westbound traffic; from East Main Street to Jersey Avenue then to Fowler Street. For eastbound traffic; from East Main Street to Fowler Street then to Jersey Avenue. This closure is necessary for the construction of the Pedestrian Bridge between the Medical Office Building and the Hospital. Patient and visitor access to Bon Secours Hospital will still be possible in either direction by using East Main Street which will be open to local and emergency traffic only. Pedestrian traffic will be directed to either side of the street as necessary during construction.