Paving work on I-84 Westbound in Newtown today

Drivers on I-84 Westbound through Newtown should expect road work today, Tuesday, November 10. The Connecticut Department of Transportation is performing a milling and resurfacing project on the westbound lanes in Newtown today.

Milling and resurfacing means crews grind off the worn top layer of pavement and lay fresh asphalt, so expect a rough surface and lane shifts through the work zone, along with flaggers and slower traffic. The department's advisory lists the Newtown work for today only, with no hours given, so drivers should allow extra time on I-84 westbound all day.

Farther west, a separate I-84 project starts in Middlebury tonight. Milling and resurfacing there runs Tuesday, November 10, through Friday, November 13, with night work from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. and lane closures along the stretch near the Shadduck Road overpass.

The longer-running I-84 climbing-lane extension in Newtown continues as well, with intermittent nightly lane closures from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and two lanes of travel kept open. That project, which began in March, is scheduled for completion in October 2027. It adds a climbing lane to ease the uphill crawl through Newtown, one of the slowest stretches of the highway for Brookfield commuters.

Allow extra time on I-84 westbound today, and expect delays around the work zones overnight in Middlebury through Friday.