The construction of the $135 million Route 79-Davol St. Corridor Improvements Project is fully designed and about three months ahead of schedule, with no major problems. It still set to be completed sometime in 2026. 

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s project manager Valerie Kilduff and city engineer and Planner Dan Aguiar related that information to the City Council on Tuesday.

The only item outstanding on design, said Kilduff, was the landscaping design for the new waterfront corridor. 

“Which Dan and I are feverishly trying to work through," said Kilduff. "I am hoping that’s going to be ironed out by the end of the summer. That needs to happen so we can order the landscaping.”

Read more from Jo C. Goode at heraldnews.com.