Traffic Detour in Effect on Valentine Road

03:26PM / Wednesday, May 21, 2025Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Due to underground utility work, including the replacement of a water line, Valentine Road, from West Street to Lakeway Drive, will be closed to thru traffic.

A detour for thru traffic is in place for the duration of this project which is expected to be completed in the early fall.

Drivers who need to utilize Valentine Road will be detoured to Onota Street then to Lakeway Drive to reach the northern half of Valentine Road. Drivers that require access to Taconic High School and Hillcrest Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will also need to utilize this detour.

This detour does not apply to school buses and residents who live on the southern end of Valentine Road in the construction zone.

Follow appropriate detours as indicated by posted signage.

If you have any questions, please contact the Deputy Commissioner, Jason Murphy at (413) 499-9314.

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Dalton Considers Updating its Municipal Code

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
01:21PM / Thursday, August 27, 2026

DALTON, Mass. — The town is considering updating its original 18-year municipal code to 2026 standards.

During a recent Select Board meeting, General Code New England account manager Zach Dumont outlined the 18- to-24 month process.

General Code New England is a division of the International Code Council, which writes all the statewide building codes across the United States. For the last 18 years, the organization has been the codifier for municipalities.

"We work with communities to build, maintain, and update your local municipal code. That is your collection of bylaws, ordinances, regulations, and any other legislation you've ever adopted," Dumont said.

Once the project is complete, the town would have a fully updated set of books and an improved eCode360 site, he said.

"The way the process would work is we would put together a scope of work, a timeline, a price point, and everything that we would want to touch or do as a part of the code project," Dumont said.

When a municipal code is built, it has a general lifespan of about 15 to 20 years, and although that is a long time, it goes by very quickly, he said.

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