Overnight Gas Work to Cause Lane Closures on Route 7, Route 20

03:47PM / Monday, June 09, 2025Print Story | Email Story

LENOX, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced scheduled overnight gas work on Route 7 and Route 20 in Lenox and Pittsfield.

The work, which involves trenching across the highway at four locations, is set to occur from Sunday, June 8, through Thursday, June 26.

MassDOT has stated that the work will take place between mile marker 27.7 (481 Pittsfield Road, Lenox) and mile marker 28.2 (1020 South Street, Pittsfield). The operations are scheduled during overnight hours, from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the following morning.

All scheduled work is weather dependent and subject to change without notice

Lane closures will be in effect during these hours. Appropriate signage and law enforcement details will be present to guide drivers through the work areas. Motorists traveling through the affected regions should anticipate delays, reduce their speed, and exercise caution.

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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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