Stage one of roundabout construction begins on St. James Ave in Springfield

expect to see some traffic over the next few months in Springfield construction has begun at the St James Avenue in Tapley Street intersection 22 news reporter Kiara Smith joins us live in studio with what drivers who commute through this area of Springfield can expect Nick Siara mot is reconstructing the St James Avenue and Tapley Street intersection into a roundabout so you can expect to see some traffic if you have plans to drive through this area the full roadway reconstruction has already started and throughout the week there will be some Lane modifications and road closures during the work days the process of removing the islands on St James AV has already begun as well during the week of April 15th workers will be focusing on the west side of the St James a where taple Street crosses Route 291 they will then do the east side of the intersection in the following week and access to the bridge will be closed in both directions Chris snoli says this is an accelerated reconstruction process they're going to make all those great changes so that you know they can then actually once they get all that work done they can actually then start doing the true work on the roundabout itself this construction is expected to be done around May 1st and that is when the roundabout process will begin pedestrians will still be able to access the bridge and it will be open to traffic after 400 p.m. but in the meantime look out for detour signs plan ahead and give yourself enough time to get to your destination where for you Kiara Smith 22 News