(March 16, 2017) The Town of Berlin’s multiphase, $2 million series of stormwater improvements will move off Flower Street and onto projects in other parts of the town, Town Administrator Laura Allen said this week.
Allen said repaving of Flower Street, near several areas where stormwater improvements recently took place, finished Friday.
Parts of that road had been closed during the work since December of last year. Allen did not anticipate more road closures there.
In the larger picture, the stormwater improvements date back to at least 2014, when the town first announced plans to spend about $1.93 million in grants awarded by FEMA, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the federal Community Development Block Grant program.
“Our stormwater work continues,” Allen said on Monday. “On a parallel track [to projects on Flower Street], we’ve been working on the engineering and permitting required to replace the culvert under William Street by the power plant, along with a small offline wetland, and address the issues in the Graham, Grice and Nelson area.”
Allen said that work was being coordinated with the Maryland State Highway Administration and has taken longer than expected.
“These projects will likely require road closures and we’ll get the word out when we get closer to starting them,” she said. “Also, our project on West Street is proceeding. We’ve got a short-term road closure in today [Monday] and should have a road closure schedule for the duration of the project later this week.”
Allen said repaving of Flower Street, near several areas where stormwater improvements recently took place, finished Friday.
Parts of that road had been closed during the work since December of last year. Allen did not anticipate more road closures there.
In the larger picture, the stormwater improvements date back to at least 2014, when the town first announced plans to spend about $1.93 million in grants awarded by FEMA, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the federal Community Development Block Grant program.
“Our stormwater work continues,” Allen said on Monday. “On a parallel track [to projects on Flower Street], we’ve been working on the engineering and permitting required to replace the culvert under William Street by the power plant, along with a small offline wetland, and address the issues in the Graham, Grice and Nelson area.”
Allen said that work was being coordinated with the Maryland State Highway Administration and has taken longer than expected.
“These projects will likely require road closures and we’ll get the word out when we get closer to starting them,” she said. “Also, our project on West Street is proceeding. We’ve got a short-term road closure in today [Monday] and should have a road closure schedule for the duration of the project later this week.”