WAKEFIELD — National Grid reports that excavation and duct bank installation will be continuing this week at work sites on Salem Street and Montrose Avenue. Barring inclement weather this week’s schedule calls for construction Monday through Friday, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

According to National Grid, the traffic management plan for the Salem Street work site involves an alternating two-way traffic pattern facilitated by police details during work hours. However, motorists will note that traffic has been detoured around this section of Salem Street via Appleton Road.

The traffic management plan for the work site on Montrose Avenue will continue to require the street to be closed to through-traffic. That said, emergency vehicles and local residents will be allowed access with the assistance of police details.

We look forward to providing more information regarding work progress and any changes to traffic management plans in the coming weeks.

Rrivers and those on foot are advised to exercise caution when approaching these active work areas to minimize risks to personal safety, and to avoid any interference with construction.

As construction continues, the Wakefield Police Department has the option to modify the traffic management plans based on their judgment and expertise, including street closures and traffic detours to ensure the safety of the general public. As always, police details will be present at all work sites to facilitate vehicle and pedestrian traffic management.

In response to COVID National Grid has enacted additional policies and guidelines for our field and office personnel that are in line with the Commonwealth’s guidelines and procedures for construction as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines. For more information about National Grid’s response to COVID-19, please visit: ngrid.com/covid-19.

Under the direction of National Grid, the Woburn-to-Wakefield Line Project is a new underground electric transmission line being built in Wakefield, Stoneham, Winchester, and Woburn. The line addresses potential overloads on existing transmission lines first identified in ISO-NE’s 2008 Needs Assessment, reevaluated in 2013/2014, and confirmed in ISO-NE’s 2015 Needs Assessment.

According to National Grid, the project will result in a more reliable electric transmission grid in the Greater Boston area that will allow them to continue to deliver electricity to folks the region and enhanced ability to deliver electricity to community partners like the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department.

Other benefits cited include: curb to curb paving provided for impacted streets; replacement of 4,200 feet of existing municipal steel gas line on Salem Street; increased tax revenue for the Town of Wakefield; clean up and paving of the MBTA right-of-way; new sound walls at Wakefield Junction Substation.

Anyone with questions about any current or upcoming work, may contact a member of the project outreach team by emailing info@ma-nhsolution.com, or by calling the project hotline 1-844-646-8427.