- Last week, Public Works repaired potholes on Loudville Road, Spring Street, Round House Parking Lot, and Pine Street in Florence. To report a pothole, please submit a request for Pothole Repair. The largest potholes are filled first to alleviate hazards to vehicles.
- As hazards arise and are identified, they will be addressed.
- The City has contracted with Palmer Paving for pavement reclamation on Burts Pit Road from Clement Street to Forest Glen Road. The project primarily involves paving with some drainage improvements between Florence Road and Clement Street and in the vicinity of Deerfield Drive, Rural Lane, and Woods Road. The overall schedule is from March 25 to August 15. Emergency vehicle access and one-way traffic will be maintained, but there will be several days of road closures between Clement Street and Florence Road between 7am and 2pm. There will be traffic delays. Please seek alternate routes if possible.
- For the week of April 8: The contractor will be installing erosion and sedimentation controls and delivering drainage pipes and materials to the site. Ground breaking on the project is expected to begin the week of April 15.
Burts Pit Road Sliplining Project
- 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.
- The project was substantially completed on 4/2/2019.
- MassDOT has contracted with Baltazar Contractors, Inc. to construct a roundabout and associated improvements to the Exit 19 interchange at the base of the Coolidge Bridge. The work is scheduled to be completed by June, 2021.
- Preliminary work, which is anticipated to begin this week, includes construction signage installation and survey.
- Questions about the project should be directed to MassDOT District 2.
- The City has contracted with Dagle Electric Corporation to upgrade the traffic signal and controls at the intersection of Bridge Road, Cooke Avenue and Jackson Street.
- The new signal is operating, and Dagle will be completing site restoration and timing adjustments within the next few weeks.
- SumCo 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 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.
Ellington Road Sewer Manhole
- Geeleher Enterprises will be mobilizing Monday and beginning construction of a new manhole for the sewer at the end of Ellington Road.
- No parking signs will be posted on Monday, and Construction work will begin on Tuesday, April 9, 2019
- The work should be mostly completed within 3 days, and final patching will occur within 2 weeks.
Downtown Paving - Pleasant, Hampton, Wright and Fulton
- The project commenced in August 2018 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.
- This week, Warner Bros will be working on site restoration and various punch list items on Pleasant Street and Hampton Avenue.
- Line painting is scheduled for Wednesday (4/10) on Pleasant Street, Hampton Avenue, Wright Avenue, and Fulton Avenue. On street parking will not be allowed during this work. Motorists should expect delays and seek alternate routes if possible. This work is weather dependent.
South Street Bridge at Mill River Diversion Channel
- 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.
