Drivers in West Gardiner shouldn’t worry about gaining time on their commute starting today, when work crews commence a four-month project to lay water and sewer lines along Route 126, between the off-ramp for I-295 and Gardiner’s town line, Maine Turnpike Authority spokesman Dan Paradee announced this morning.

The water and sewer lines will provide service to the new West Gardiner toll plaza, slated to open by mid-November.

Paradee said the project is expected to continue until mid-summer, but the work will not hinder traffic beyond “occasional and brief traffic stops” for blasting.