(Aug. 17, 2017) The $426,000 repair of West Street in Berlin was expected to finish this week after several months of work.
Town Administrator Laura Allen said the contractor, Goody Hill, was scheduled to lay roadway fabric designed to reduce cracking and extend the life of the road and then do a final paving.
Construction was budgeted at $335,900 when it began in March but delays occurred and the project went over budget after the discovery of conflicts with water and sewer lines.
“Waterlines had to be moved and, in the process, we saw some very poor conditions with sewer lines, sewer laterals and waterlines, so those are being replaced as well,” Public Works/Water Resources Director Jane Kreiter said in May.
Then, work had to pause for about a month to let the initial paving settle before more work could be done. Heavy rains also pushed work back several weeks.
“We’re expecting [the contractor] to lay that roadway fabric on Monday,” Allen said last Thursday. “It should wrap up next week … that’s the schedule that they’ve been working under.”
That work was delayed on Wednesday because of heavy rains, but Allen said the project could still wrap this week, “depending on the weather.”
Next, the town will turn its attention to stormwater improvements on William Street, the site of the second phase of a three-phase series of stormwater improvements funded by nearly $2 million in grant money.
What happens during the third phase, centered on Graham Grice and Nelson streets, depends on how much funding remains.
Last year, the town wrapped phase one, Flower Street, by building a large stormwater retention pond near the multipurpose building, replacing the existing culvert and realigning a large drainage ditch.
Allen said it’s not clear how much funding will be left after William Street.
“It’s in the hundreds of thousands, but we don’t have a specific number yet,” Allen said. “It’s enough to do some good work, but it’s not enough to do all of the things that we would like to do.”
She said the town would then pursue additional stormwater grant money for planning purposes.
“The last time the town had a study was about 10 years ago, so the next phase of our project is going to be a combination of what we can do on West Street, as well as some planning work on the [stormwater] system to see what the impact of those changes have been,” she said.
Town Administrator Laura Allen said the contractor, Goody Hill, was scheduled to lay roadway fabric designed to reduce cracking and extend the life of the road and then do a final paving.
Construction was budgeted at $335,900 when it began in March but delays occurred and the project went over budget after the discovery of conflicts with water and sewer lines.
“Waterlines had to be moved and, in the process, we saw some very poor conditions with sewer lines, sewer laterals and waterlines, so those are being replaced as well,” Public Works/Water Resources Director Jane Kreiter said in May.
Then, work had to pause for about a month to let the initial paving settle before more work could be done. Heavy rains also pushed work back several weeks.
“We’re expecting [the contractor] to lay that roadway fabric on Monday,” Allen said last Thursday. “It should wrap up next week … that’s the schedule that they’ve been working under.”
That work was delayed on Wednesday because of heavy rains, but Allen said the project could still wrap this week, “depending on the weather.”
Next, the town will turn its attention to stormwater improvements on William Street, the site of the second phase of a three-phase series of stormwater improvements funded by nearly $2 million in grant money.
What happens during the third phase, centered on Graham Grice and Nelson streets, depends on how much funding remains.
Last year, the town wrapped phase one, Flower Street, by building a large stormwater retention pond near the multipurpose building, replacing the existing culvert and realigning a large drainage ditch.
Allen said it’s not clear how much funding will be left after William Street.
“It’s in the hundreds of thousands, but we don’t have a specific number yet,” Allen said. “It’s enough to do some good work, but it’s not enough to do all of the things that we would like to do.”
She said the town would then pursue additional stormwater grant money for planning purposes.
“The last time the town had a study was about 10 years ago, so the next phase of our project is going to be a combination of what we can do on West Street, as well as some planning work on the [stormwater] system to see what the impact of those changes have been,” she said.