Summertime paving on city's Spaulding exits begins Monday

ROCHESTER - The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will be closing the Exit 14 ramps on Route 16 and detouring traffic in Rochester starting on Monday night for paving and striping operations. Work on Exits 15 and 16 will begin after the Fourth of July holiday.

Weather permitting the work will require three weeks to complete. Shifts will begin at 9 p.m. and end at 5 a.m.

Brox Industries of Dracut Mass., is the general contractor for the $3,092,000 project, which has a completion date of Sept. 22.