Administration/Engineering Division

Paving and Roadwork

• Merriam Street (Sunset to Silver Hill Rd) - culvert replacement, water gate, and drainage work ongoing;
• Newton Street - anticipated to begin within the month;
• Glen Road - anticipated to begin within the month

• Glen Road (Shady Hill to Oak/Cliff intersection), Winter Street (Rt 30 to Brown St), Highland Street (Pine St to Rt 30) - reclamation work completed, binder pavement course installed;
• Gail Road, Pembroke Road, Webster Road, and Arrowhead Road will occur if the gas work (National Grid) can get completed this year;
• Merriam Street - pending culvert, drainage, gas, water gate, and sidewalk work;
• DPW continues to work on obtaining easements on Newton Street before roadway work can begin

• Fairview Rd/Montvale Rd intersection; 
• Glen Road (Wellesley Street to Shady Hill Road) - pending drainage work

• Summer Street – replacement of guardrails remains (anticipated late summer); 
• Conant Road (Church Street to Woodward Lane) - pavement markings installed;
• Concord Road (from Merriam Street to Sudbury Road) - ADA ramp remaining;
• Aspen Road, Juniper Road, Cherry Brook Road (from Juniper to no. 156) -  ADA ramp installs remaining

State/Utility Project Work

• 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.
• Continuing to coordinate with Eversource and MassDCR on the Rail Trail Project -  Railing work continues (mostly in Weston) and is anticipated over the next several days.  Additionally, it is anticipated that final paving will take place, from Wayland to Conant Rd, the week of August 13th and should take approximately three days. Work to the east continues with preparing the gravel base in the area between Conant Rd and Church St.  Eversource’s contractor continued to remove and haul away the railroad rails and ties in this area over the last week.  DPW Director worked with the Rail Trail Advisory Committee in setting up a consultant contract for proposed trail parking areas, etc.  Survey work in the Concord Road area and Church Street area will begin by the consultant

• Gail Road (11 - 27) with Pembroke Road to follow, Oak St (94 - 147) 
• Newton Street (2 - 217)  

Engineering

• DPW continues to work on obtaining necessary easements on Newton Street before roadway work can be planned;
• Black Oak Pump Station Project – Town Engineer  working on easement document with impacted property owner.  Town Engineer working with Eversource and property owner to address some/all pole concerns; 
• Southside Drainage Project - The necessary easements for Phase 2 of the project have been secured.  The permitting will be conducted with construction anticipated for fall 2018.  Conservation Commission meeting upon receipt of all Phase II easement will be next action item

• Paines Hill Water Tank Improvement Project - electrical, plumbing, and punchlist work remaining

Consultant Work

• Overseeing consultants’ work on Warren Avenue Sidewalk Project;
• Merriam Street Sidewalk Project - funding 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;
• Overseeing consultant design work for drainage work for construction season 2016 (Newton Street and Merriam Street).  Continue to attempt to secure required easements on Newton Street;  
• Town Center Improvement Project - DPW has provided review comments to the consultant on the submitted 30% plans (May 25th submission and are available on the Town website).  We anticipate the 75% plans over the next couple of weeks and the Town Center Planning Committee will present plan to the Board of Selectman on August 28th;
• Wireless Meter Reading, meter replacements and meter installation (approximately 1700) - Contract award issued;
• Concord Road Culvert replacement (which has impacts on the Warren Avenue and Merriam Street culverts) - Decision matrix tabling is being evaluated. We anticipate Engineering will have a discussion with the Board of Selectman on August 28th 

Stormwater

• Currently reviewing 11 Stormwater Permits;
• Currently issued 56 Stormwater permits which also requires construction inspection

Park and Cemetery Division

• 2 cremation interments;
• 1 grave dug with casket interment;
• Cleaned and serviced equipment;
• Cut grass at the Central cemetery, Solder’s Park, Lamson Park, Town Hall, Around Town Green, Linwood Cemetery, and other park and cemetery locations, as needed;
• Removed a large fallen tree branch in Linwood Cemetery as a result of the thunderstorms that went through this week;
• Continued updating the cemetery spreadsheets for interments and lot owners

Highway/Stormwater Division

• Hot patching potholes: various;
• Tree and tree limb removals: Loring, Glen, Cherry Brook, Buttonwood, Winter Street, and Brown Street;
• Inspect miscellaneous tree locations for possible action:  several;
• Tree and Brush Letters to Residents:  Concord Road and Bemis Road;
• Inspect catch basin / drainage system:  Winter Street, Robin Road at Summer Street, Lawrence, Country, Blossom, Kings Grant, Concord Road culvert;
• Respond to miscellaneous calls for service:  roadside litter and objects in roadway, illegal sign removal;
• Set up detours:  Highland Street, Glen Road and Winter Street;
• Repair drain manhole / catch basin: Bakers Hill Road, River Road;
• Respond to flooding calls:  Glen Road, Highland Street, and Newton Street;
• Pave basin:  Bakers Hill, Lawrence, River Road;
• Install catch basin and manhole ID markers – middle and south sections;
• Check and clear waterways (training):  Division list;
• Flail mowing:  All school perimeters (i.e. fields, roadways, parking lots, all recreation fields and pool, and Division list of roadways and sidewalk areas;
• Cleaned and serviced equipment;
• DIGSafe markouts:  Bakers Hill Road, Blossom, Applecrest;
• Assist Water Division with service repair:  West Cliff Road;
• Assist Police with barricades for training:  High School and Middle School;
• Install trap rock for erosion control:  Cedar Street and Robin Road;
• Remove erosion control for paving:  Highland Street and Glen Road;
• Oversee paving with contractor: Highland Street, Winter Street and Glen Road;
• Oversee line painting contractor:  new pavement roadways, stop lines, and crosswalks;
• Load contractor trucks with waste and usable aggregate