Baystate Medical Announces Temporary Traffic Change

SPRINGFIELD — Access to Baystate Medical Center, including Baystate Children’s Hospital and the Medical Office Building, via the hospital’s Medical Center Drive entrance off Springfield Street will be temporarily closed to both vehicular and pedestrian starting Nov. 22 for one month.
The closure will not affect access to the hospital’s Emergency and Trauma Center, Wesson, and Chestnut Buildings, all of which remains the same.
 The change in traffic pattern is necessary in order to provide space on Medical Center Drive, between the Daly Building main entrance and Springfield Street, for a large crane required for the installation of a new air handling unit, part of the hospital’s continuing efforts to upgrade its facilities.

During the approximately four weeks of construction and installation of the air handler on the hospital roof, access to Baystate Medical Center will be via the Chapin Terrace end of Medical Center Drive. Signs off both I-91 north and southbound will direct vehicle traffic south on Springfield Street to Chapin Terrace. The project is expected to be complete on or about Dec. 20. Also, the PVTA will temporarily suspend service to its bus stop on Medical Center Drive, and will bring riders to its stop on Chestnut Street, where they will be directed to enter the hospital through the Wesson Building. “Our goal is to continue to provide easy access to Baystate Medical Center and the Medical Office Building, and to ensure patients, visitors, and employees can safely get where they need to go. We’ll put in place plenty of signage, police redirecting traffic at the closed-off entrance on Springfield Street, and valet parkers who will further assist people in reaching their destination,” said Louis Faassen, manager of Construction Services, Facilities Planning and Engineering, Baystate Medical Center.
For more information on Baystate Medical Center, visit baystatehealth.org/bmc.