Ken Feeney had given the selectmen the following data ahead of our meeting last night at my request for a list of what road repairs are currently planned by the DPW. We also got the list of streets to be chip sealed, that I posted yesterday.
This list is a multi-year schedule of road repair plans, perhaps 2-3 from what Ken said last night. Ken also shared that it costs the town $500,000 to asphalt 2 miles of highway, which is why he does the stone seal on side roads.
By way of correction, Hospital Road was on the list to be chip sealed from yesterday, but Ken said last night that was there only as a reminder to himself that it will be dug up and patched when the new water main is run from well 6 to the new water tower at the former MSH site.
This chart is about the length times the width of the street involved, and hence the amount of asphalt.
Roads L X W 2014
Rte 27 — total 2893 tons — 2″2″ overlay
High St, Spring St, Granite St – 19 Spring St 6888 x 30 = 2583 tons South St, 216 South St – High St 825 x 30 = 310 tons
North Meadows — total 8719 tons
CVS to Dale St 1740 x 45 = 978 tons
Dale St – West St 2966 x 44 = 1631 tons
West St – Town Line 11,110 x 44 = 6110 tons
Main Street – total 6620 tons
Spring St – Millis line 3929 x 44 = 2160 tons
Brook St – Nebo 6197 x 33 = 2556 tons
Nebo to town line 3905 x 39 = 1904 tons
North Street – total 2560 tons
Harding St – town line 7584 x 27 = 2560 tons
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Where are the repairs for North Street from the Starbucks intersection at 109 to Memorial School? Easily the most needed road repair/sidewalk repair
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Ken says that stretch is awaiting state approval via Chapter 90 funding to proceed. Same with Green Street – all part of the same street repair bundle.
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is there any plans to add sidewalks, or expand the width of nebo st? with so many cyclists and walkers using nebo it would benefit everyone
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Ronny,
Not that I know of.
I have nothing about the DPW future plans beyond what I posted, as that is all selectmen have been given. I had asked Ken for all his plans, so I have to assume those are all there is
Several years ago I had asked to create a citizen committee to plan for future sidewalk construction in town, and my then selectmen colleagues, Ann and Mark, did not want such a process and/or committee.
I agree with you that walking on Nebo seems dangerous. Metacomet needs a sidewalk because of all the Medfield High School kids and traffic that use it; the town needs a sidewalk up Main Street to the Shaw’s plaza; Harding Street is dangerous walking too; and I think the town also needs a sidewalk that connects the North side of town to the downtown.
I would feel better if first someone was studying what order and priority we give each sidewalk proposal, second, if we had a list of what order we can expect them to get constructed in, and third if the Board of Selectmen got to approve what comes next, but that has not been happening in the past..
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Pete, can you give us a better understanding of the work that is to be done on Longmeadow in regards to the water tower. We can not be at meeting on the 16th. The neighbors would also like to have the section of the street tared NOT chip sealed. The job that was done last year was a waste of money. The rocks that were put down were (street) swept away leaving the old surface. It has been cracking and is not kid friendly at all.
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Bob,
I do not have the answers to your questions/issues, so I will pass them along to Ken Feeney. Please share with me what you hear back, so I know there has been an answer. What is the meeting on the 16th?
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