ROADS , from Page 1 tween Broadway and Central avenue . town engineer David Cella , of adams , rehmann and Heggan associates , described the work that is being planned as part of the town ’ s 2021 roads Program .
“ We ’ ve gone through some video reports on some of the piping out there . there ’ s a little bit of work we need to do with regards
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to the existing structures that are there . What we haven ’ t gotten to is , what do we need to add and help to augment in there ? there will be a full new black surface on that road , as well , when we ’ re done ,” Cella said . Public Works Manager robert Vettese said that School House Lane and Vine Street are also a part of the program .
“ that ’ ll extend a little bit south
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of Central avenue to take care of some drainage problems that we have there ,” Vettese said . Cella explained further . “ We ’ re replacing some of the utilities there , too . We ’ re doing sanitary work . We ’ re going to address some of the storm structures that are there and need to be replaced and upgraded to current standards . We ’ re replacing the water main , and , since we ’ re doing utilities , we ’ ll also be rebuilding the road ,” Cella said .
Vettese said that , as part of the work on School House Lane , 13 trees are slated for removal .
“ if you walk down that side of the street — in fact , i think they ’ re replacing a majority of the curb and sidewalk — you ’ ll see there ’ s a lot of pushed-up sidewalk and a lot of pushed-up curb . there might even be some old concrete gutters underneath the pavement that ’ s there that ’ s pushed up in spots , and there are some inlets that are bad that have been affected by the trees . Some of the utilities , when you video those , you can see roots . When you dig them up , you can see roots that are attached to — or in to — some of that pipework ,” Vettese said .
Vettese said that the trees can “ cause havoc on curb , sidewalk , roadway and utilities .”
“ they want to take those down and take a look to see what can be
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done replanting that would give you a little bit of green . even with what they remove , there ’ s still a lot of trees on the St . Joseph academy property itself that gives you the shade for that street . Like anything else , when something is detrimental to something else or causing a concern , that ’ s when you ’ ve really got to look at it — particularly when you ’ re putting money aside to redo the utilities and the curb and sidewalk along that street ,” Vettese said .
Cella said that both projects are “ closing in on final design .”
“ We ’ re looking to go out to bid soon . if we can wrap up in the next week and a half to two weeks , we ’ re able to go out to bid , and we should be able to open before the July council meeting . then , we ’ d be able to have a recommendation for that meeting ; if it ’ s awarded , we ’ d be able to work on contracts , and you ’ re probably looking at late august , early September for starting to see some actual work out there ,” Cella said .
Vettese said that further projects are on hold until the completion of these two roads .
“ the town is not doing anything , at this point , on their portion of the road program until we see how much money has to be expended or set aside for construction of Vine Street / School House Lane and Valley avenue ... they set aside $ 1 million to try to do the road program , and they want to see how much has to be expended on those two streets , and then try to formulate a program . if they have $ 200,000 left — or $ 2 left — we ’ ll know what we might be able to do ,” Vettese said .
Vettese said that the School House Lane / Vine Street and Valley avenue projects are a priority .
“ they definitely want to get those streets done , because there ’ s a lot of improvements , and a lot of foot traffic and car traffic there and they need it . they want to prioritize those and not take any money away from those streets if they need to be completed ... Until we see how much is left , it ’ s going to be hard to determine what we can do , but i know that they had talked about , if there is money left , they want to do something on one of the other streets ,” Vettese said .
Cella noted that other projects should not be as extensive as these two .
“ there is a series of roads where they ’ re looking to try to do some maintenance on ; some will be mill-and-overlay and some will be seal-coated ,” Cella said . Vettese concurred . “ there ’ s a wish list , but we have to prioritize from that list
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