Photographed on Oct. 6, 2017, traffic on Route 132 between Strafford, Vt., and Norwich, Vt., has been slowed by three temporary traffic lights due to a lane closure in three locations. The roadway has been damaged by the July 1 flooding of the Ompompanoosuc River. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Photographed on Oct. 6, 2017, traffic on Route 132 between Strafford, Vt., and Norwich, Vt., has been slowed by three temporary traffic lights due to a lane closure in three locations. The roadway has been damaged by the July 1 flooding of the Ompompanoosuc River. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News file photograph

Thetford — A portion of Route 132 will be closed for a week, starting on Monday, as the town of Thetford repairs washouts from heavy rainstorms in early July.

Route 132 will be closed from Monday to Sunday, Dec. 17, between Cream Street and Stowell Road, according to an email on the Thetford Listserv from Mary Ellen Parkman, the Thetford zoning administrator and DPW project manager.

Message boards currently warn motorists of the pending closure, and signs for detours also will be in place, her email said.

Norwich officials, meanwhile, warned residents there to “expect heavier-than-usual traffic on New Boston (Road) as drivers bypass the closed portion of Route 132.”