Town Offers Update on 801 Main Street Demolition

Town officials said Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, that demolition of the badly fire damaged 801 Main St. building was scheduled to begin Friday morning and could continue into Saturday, affecting traffic on Main Street for most of the day. 

Fire Chief Robert Bycholski said that the property owners have hired BriCo Environmental Services Solutions to handle the demolition. Bycholski said that the property owners have not given a "firm" timetable to the town on the demolition schedule, but offered the following tentative schedule of operations: 

• From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday, heavy equipment would be set up in the rear of the building. 
• Debris would then be removed and remediated and prepared for transport. 
• Traffic patterns on Main Street will change at 10 a.m., with southbound traffic only being allowed on Main Street in front of the 800 block, while northbound traffic will be diverted down Oak Street. 
• Demolition would then begin, although the exact time for the start of the demolition is still unknown at this point. 
• Bycholski said that, depending on the time the debris removal and remediation takes, demolition could begin late Friday or be rescheduled for Saturday morning.