- Last week, Public Works repaired potholes on Spring Street, Elm Street, Franklin Street, Loudville Road, North Loudville Road, Federal Street, Lawn Avenue, and Norfolk Avenue. 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.
- Shoulder work has been performed on Hatfield Street before Cooke Avenue.
Burts Pit Road Paving Project
- For the week of April 15: Palmer Paving will continue preparing for paving of Burts Pit Road west of Florence Road to Forest Glen Road including markings and saw cutting driveways. This section of the roadway will be open to two-way traffic. Driveways will be accessible during construction.
- Ludlow Construction, as a subcontractor to Palmer Paving, will be installing drainage between Clement Street and Florence Road. The roadway between Clement Street and Florence Road will be closed to through traffic during working hours Monday through Friday; expect delays. A detour will be in place to direct traffic around the site via Route 66/West Street to Florence Road.
- The Clement Street Bridge will remain open. Through traffic may be limited to one lane for the construction of drainage at the intersection of Clement Street and Burts Pit Road; expect delays.
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.
Bridge Road at Cooke Avenue
- 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.
Chesterfield Road at Kennedy Road - Upper Roberts Meadow Reservoir Dam
- 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.
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 completed last week.
- Work is continuing the week of April 15 on other areas of the levee system.
Ellington Road
- Geeleher Enterprises will be mobilizing and beginning construction of a new sewer
- manhole at the end of Ellington Road.
- No parking signs will be posted and Construction work will begin on Tuesday or
- Wednesday, April16 or 17, 2019.
- The work should be mostly completed within 3 days, and final patching will occur later.
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 complete on Pleasant Street, Hampton Avenue, Wright Avenue, and Fulton Avenue. There is still some finish work to be completed. Motorists should expect delays and seek alternate routes if possible. This work is weather dependent.
