Newburgh closes Broadway intersection streets for signal upgrade work

Drivers and pedestrians approaching Broadway in downtown Newburgh will lose two more cross-street routes next week as the city closes Lutheran Street and City Terrace between Broadway and Van Ness Street for signal work tied to a larger corridor upgrade. The closure is set for Monday, June 8, through Friday, June 19, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, and the city says the work is limited to the Broadway intersection area.

For people who live, work, shop, or make deliveries near the corridor, the practical impact will be immediate. Broadway is one of Newburgh’s main traffic arteries, so even a narrow shutdown can reroute daily trips, slow access to nearby businesses, and push more cars onto surrounding blocks. Pedestrians will also have to follow posted traffic-control devices, cones, signage, and flagging personnel, a reminder that the detour pattern will change as crews move through the work zone. The city says the schedule is weather-dependent, so field conditions could shift the timing.

The closure is part of the Broadway Pedestrian and Traffic Signal Improvement Project, which stretches along Broadway from Robinson Avenue, also known as Route 9W, to Grand Street. The city’s project scope calls for upgraded sidewalks and curb ramps and new traffic signals that meet ADA requirements, along with replacement of six non-standard traffic signals along the corridor. Those upgrades are meant to solve a safety problem that has lasted long enough to require a full capital rebuild, not a patch job.

Newburgh has already spent heavily to get there. The City Council awarded the construction contract to Verde Electric Maintenance Corporation for $6,803,703.96 on Nov. 12, 2024. On Dec. 16, 2024, the city entered a $954,000 agreement with WSP USA, Inc. for construction support services and inspection, then later approved an additional $137,000 amendment for inspection services and a $30,000 scheduling agreement. The series of closures on Broadway, Carpenter Avenue, Concord Street, Robinson Avenue, Clark Street and now Lutheran Street and City Terrace shows how much of the city has been pulled into the same phased project.

Earlier notices used the same 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. work window and the same direction to stay clear of the construction zone. For Newburgh, the June closure is another short-term disruption in a long-running effort to remake Broadway’s sidewalks, signals and crossings into a safer corridor.