Highway Division Update
- Last week, Public Works repaired potholes on Hatfield Street, Bridge Road, Locust Street, Spring Street, Elm Street, Burts Pit Road, Earl Street, Wilson Avenue, Market Street and Clement Street Bridge. To report a pothole, please submit a request for Pothole Repair. The largest potholes are filled first to alleviate hazards to motor vehicles.
- As hazards arise and are identified, they will be addressed.
- Snow removal work was done in the following areas: Reed Street, Charles Street, Sanderson Road, Fairway Circle, Blackberry Lane, Prospect Avenue, Revell Avenue, Olive Street, East Street, Fort Street, Manhan Street, Columbus Street, Lyman Road, Conz Street, Wright Avenue, Fruit Street, Earl Street, Maple Ridge Road, Florence Road, Old Wilson Road, Calvin Terrace, Norfolk Street, Jackson Street, Pinebrooke Curve, Rick Drive and downtown Northampton.
- The City has contracted with Aqua Line Utility to "slipline" two culverts that convey streams under the road, which involves inserting new pipes into the existing culverts to repair them.
- There are two locations, a twin culvert near #947 Burts Pit Road and a culvert near #1021 Burts Pit Road.
- The project will begin on February 25. The duration of the project is expected to be one month, with each location taking approximately 2 weeks.
- The contractor will require lane closures during construction, and there will be traffic police to allow one-way traffic at all times.
- The City has contracted with Northern Tree Service to perform vegetation removal and maintenance work on portions of the flood control system.
- The bridge on South Street near Earle Street that crosses the Mill River diversion channel includes flood control structures. Trees adjacent to the flood control structures have been removed with stump removal expected in the spring.
- The City has contracted with Dagle Electric Corporation to replace the traffic signal and controls at the intersection of Bridge Road, Cooke Avenue and Jackson Street.
- Work will continue through the winter as weather allows. Completion of the new signal and controls is anticipated in the spring of 2019.
- SmCo Eco-Contracting, LLC has removed the dam and completed the in-water work. Initial restoration of the staging area is complete and final restoration of the staging area and access roads will be completed in the spring of 2019.
- The project has removed the Upper Roberts Reservoir Dam and restored the Roberts Meadow Brook stream channel to its natural course.
- The project commenced in August and includes Pleasant Street, Hampton Avenue, Wright Avenue, Cooke Avenue and Fulton Avenue. The contractor for this project is Warner Bros., LLC of Sunderland, MA.
- Work is complete for the winter season. Remaining punch-list work will be completed in the spring of 2019.
