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The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of September 5, 2022 – September 9, 2022, and they are as follows:
City offices closed Monday, September 5 for Labor Day!
Eversource will be working on the street milling from gas main relays on:
• Main Relay on Phillips Rd. from Holly Tree Lane to Route 140
• Main Relay on Rockdale Ave & Allen St
Other:
• Contractor (Indus, Inc.) will be microsurfacing multiple streets beginning on Wednesday August 31st. There will be NO PARKING on the street to be treated that day- tow zone signs to be mounted on barrels and posted accordingly. While the microsurface is being placed and cured, no vehicle access to or from driveways or dead ends abutting the street will be allowed. The following roads are scheduled for night work (8:00pm to 6:00am) on the following dates. This work is weather dependent and may result in delays of the schedule. Please plan accordingly.
◦ Rockdale Avenue (Grape St to Cove Road) – 09/5 & 9/6
◦ Acushnet Avenue (Victoria St to Monmouth St) -09/5 to 9/8
◦ Mt. Pleasant St (Rte 140 to New Plainville Rd) – 9/7 & 9/8
• Contractor (PA Landers) will continue curb installation and sidewalk reconstruction along a portion of Phillips Rd from Holly Tree Ln to approximately 550’ north of Birchwood Dr.
• Contractor (PA Landers) will be working on various curb and structure adjustments on Mt. Pleasant St from New Plainville Rd to Nash Rd and Rockdale Ave from Grape St to Orchard St
• Contractor (Eversource Energy) will be working at the MassDOT project, Kings Highway, new traffic signal operations and sign installations.
• Contractor (PA Landers) will be working on various streets, citywide, completing minor repairs and installations.
• Contractor (PA Landers) will be working on sidewalk reconstruction on Union St from Sixth St to County St.
• Contractor (PA Landers) will be line painting on Hathaway Rd from Rockdale Ave to the Dartmouth town line. Line painting will also begin at Acushnet Ave and Ashley Blvd if time allows.
• Contractor (SCR Constructors) will continue site work at the future South Coast Rail station platform locations in the city. (Church St at Carlisle St and Wamsutta St at Acushnet Ave.) If you have questions, please email the project team at SouthCoastRail@dot.state.ma.us
• Contractor (C. Naughton Corp) will continue connecting house services to the new water main along Clifford St between Concord St and Ashley Blvd. Traffic along this section of Clifford St will be restricted to local access during working hours. Signage will be posted and police details will be onsite to assist with traffic management.
