Administration/Engineering Division

Paving and Roadwork

• Summer St., Fairview Road and Montvale Road intersection, Winter Street (Route 30 to Brown Street), Perry Lane, Juniper Road, Aspen Road, Glen Road (Wellesley Street to Oak Street), and Highland Street (Pine Street to Route 30) assuming all gas work, water work, and drainage work is completed; 
• DPW anticipates Gail Road, Pembroke Road, Webster Road, and Arrowhead Road will occur if the gas work (National Grid) can get completed this year; 
• Milling and overlaying a section of Conant Road (Church Street to old railroad bridge) is also anticipated;

• Summer Street – paving binder course of pavement week of April 30th  and adjustment of structures anticipated the week of May 7th;
• Conant Road (Church Street to approximately old rail road crossing) – milling scheduled for May 7th;  
• Perry Lane – Binder course to be installed week of April 30th and adjustment of structures anticipated week of May 7th; 
• Sutton Place – Binder course of pavement installed; Adjustment of structures anticipated week of May 7th

State/Utility Project Work

• Route 30 (South Avenue) and Wellesley Street Signal Improvement Project - final landscaping and final cleanup outstanding.  MassDOT and its contractor are non-committal with schedule to complete;
• National Grid’s gas relay projects - Church Street at/about Pigeon Hill Road (project currently on hold)
• Continuing to coordinate with Eversource on a number of outstanding issues in Town including double poles, poles guyed into trees, leaning poles and pole guyed with rope (Merriam Street), hazard trees at/near power lines, etc.
• National Grid's Gas Relay Projects (carry over from 2017):
  • Wellesley Street including Bass Pond Road (Rockport Road to town line) – National Grid will final trench pave at the end of May/beginning of June 2018;  
  • Conant Road / Colchester Road – National Grid will final trench pave at the end of May/beginning of June 2018;   
  • Glen Road (Shady Hill Road to Cliff Road intersection plus or minus) gas main and service replacement ongoing

Ongoing Projects

• Black Oak Pump Station Project – Town Engineer  working on easement document.  Town Engineer working with Eversource and property owner to address some/all pole concerns; 
• Southside Drainage Project - continuing to work with consultant and attempting to secure the necessary easements for Phase 2 of the project.  Once completed, the permitting will be conducted with construction anticipated for spring 2018.  Town Engineer working on securing necessary easements.  Conservation Commission meeting upon receipt of all Phase II easement will be next action item;

• Cooks Pond Dam and Pump Rehabilitation Project - Final cleanup anticipated over the next several days.  Pump reactivated and pond being refilled;
• Paines Hill Water Tank Improvement Project - foundation pour occurred this week

Consultant Work

• Overseeing consultants’ work on Warren Avenue Sidewalk Project;
• Overseeing consultant design work for drainage work for construction season 2016 (Newton Street, Merriam Street, and Fairview/Montvale roads area).  Continue to attempt to secure required easements on Newton Street;  
• Merriam Street Sidewalk Project - funding needs to be secured (Annual Town Meeting) for the work, culvert replacement and drainage work needs to take place, sidewalk project needs to be coordinated with roadway work;
• Wireless Meter Reading, meter replacements and meter installation (approximately 1700) - Interviews with vendors that met criteria was held on March 21st.  No change, yet;
• Concord Road Culvert replacement (which has impacts on the Warren Avenue and Merriam Street culverts) - Decision matrix tabling is being evaluated

• Fairview and Montvale roads area - work progressing as the main drainage trunk line has been installed and remaining work is abutting structures; 
• Town Center Improvement Project - Preliminary plans received this week as a result of  meeting on April 18th to discuss progress prints.  Plans are currently with our design consultant team and under review

Engineering

• Water Main Replacements - Columbine and Dean roads - water main replacement continuing;
• Currently reviewing 9 Stormwater Permits;
• Currently issued 53 Stormwater permits which also requires construction inspection

Park and Cemetery Division

• 3 cremation interments;
• Assisted the Transfer Station with push downs on bins with backhoe as necessary;
• Cleaned and serviced equipment;
• Continued spring cleanup in Linwood Cemetery, Fire Headquarters and Station 2, Soldiers Park and Anniversary Park;
• Watered new trees in Case Park

Highway/Stormwater Division

• Hot patching potholes: various – Church Street, Oxbow Road, Winter Street, Wellesley Street, Shady Hill Road, Merriam Street, Rockport Road, Westgate Road, and Bogle Street;
• Transport cold patch;
• Fallen tree / branch removal from roadways:  Continued tree debris removal on South Avenue;
• 6 trash/litter pickup:  Wellesley Street and Rockport Road;
• Traffic signage and maintenance repairs: various;
• Street sweeping:  north section of Town;
• Load trucks for disposal of last year’s street sweepings; 
• Pickup broken asphalt:  Valley View Road, Ash Street, Hallet Hill;
• Respond to miscellaneous calls for service:  roadside litter and objects in roadway, illegal sign removal;
• Inspect and/or as necessary all mailbox call locations:  various outstanding locations;
• Repair catch basin:  Spruce Hill Road;
• Pave Basin:  Spruce Hill Road;
• Cleaned and serviced equipment;
• Transport skid steer to yard;
• Transport granite to Summer Street;
• Pickup leftover pipes from Summer Street;
• Work with contractor, cut driveway aprons:  Summer Street, Perry Lane, and Sutton Place;
• Brush Dump Cleanup and Organization