New Bedford roadwork sites for the upcoming week of March 25, 2024 – March 29, 2024

“The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of March 25, 2024 – March 29, 2024, and they are as follows:

Eversource will be working on gas main relays and services on:

• Main relay on Acushnet Ave from Phillips Rd to Bowles St
• Main relay on County St from Cove St to Rivet St
• Main relay on W Rodney French Blvd from Calumet St to Bayview St
• Services on Jouvette St from County St to Crapo St
• Services on Mosher St from County St to Crapo St
• Tie-in work at Arlington St and Central Ave
• Tie-in work at Conduit St and Shaw St
• Tie-in work at Central Ave and Conduit St
• Tie-in work at Central Ave and Church St
• Tie-in work and services on Hicks St from Acushnet Ave to N Front St

Other:

• MassDOT will be staging installation and beam end cleaning and concrete encasements at I-195 East and West bound lanes over Purchase St, County St and State St work is scheduled during the overnight hours starting and is scheduled until May 31st of 2024. Work will take place Sundays to Thursdays. Police will be on site for detour and safety setups.
• MassDOT scheduled to start pavement preservation and related work on Route 140 both north and south bound from mile marker 0.0 to mile marker 5.2 starting April 1st and is scheduled until January 15th of 2026. Work to be conducted during overnight hours. Police details and ramp closures with detours to be expected.
• Contractor (JH Lynch) tentatively scheduled to resume work on April 1st on the MassDOT roadway reconstruction project at the intersection of Rockdale Avenue and Allen Street. Traffic detours will be in place during workday hours of operations.
• Contractor (PA Landers) will be working on a road reconstruction project at West Rodney French Boulevard from Cove Street to George Street. Police details and road closures will be required.
• 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 (SCR Constructors) will continue site work at the future pedestrian bridge across Route 18 impacting parking along Purchase Street between Willis Street and Pearl Street and at the Division of Career Services on Acushnet Avenue. Temporary detours may be in place pending construction activities occurring.  If you have questions, please email the project team at SouthCoastRail@dot.state.ma.us
 
Project: Lead Service Line Replacement Program Phase II   General Contractor: C. Naughton Corp. (Monday-Friday 7:00am -5:00pm)
• The contractor will be working Lead Service Line Replacements. Monday the contractor will be on Borden Street between Bay Street and Allen Street, Borden Street between Bay Street and Dartmouth Street. Tuesday on Bay Street between Borden Street and Cottage Street, Borden Street between Grove Street and Bedford Street, Grove Street between Ash Street and Cottage Street. Wednesday on Bedford Street between Ash Street and Waverly Street, Bedford Street between Stetson Street and Meriam Street, Bedford Street between Meriam Street and Page Street, Grove Street between Ash Street and Cottage Street. Thursday on Oak Street between Allen Street and Grape Street. Friday on Page Street between Allen Street and Grape Street, Stone Street between Allen Street and Grape Street. At times during working hours, these locations may be closed to thru traffic with signs posted to detour traffic around work areas. Police details will be on-site allowing access to residents only and assisting with traffic management.

Project: Grape Street Collector Rehabilitation General Contractor: Green Mountain Pipeline Services Subcontractor: Duke’s Root Control and Ribeiro Construction Inc (Friday 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
• The subcontractor Ribeiro Construction Inc is scheduled to replace a manhole at the southwest side of Buttonwood Park Pond and a manhole frame at Brownell Avenue and Gaywood Street. There may be a brief lane reduction along Brownell Avenue while work is being completed. Subcontractor will also be installing a drain manhole and 36-in PVC drain at Buttonwood Park between the pond and Kempton Street.

Project: Phase 4 Transmission Main Reinforcement Project   Contractor: C. Naughton Corp. (Monday-Friday 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
• The Contractor will continue replacing a section of the existing 48-in water transmission main north of the railroad crossing at Chipaway Road in East Freetown.”