New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of October 5, 2020 –October 9, 2020

The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of October 5, 2020 –October 9, 2020 and they are as follows:

Eversource:

Eversource will replace the gas mains and service at the following locations:

• Hathaway Rd. (Main Retirement)
• Carroll St. / Priscilla St. (Services)
• Crapo St., Jason St., South St. (Services)
• Hill St., Hillman St., Foster St. & Thomas St. (Services)

Eversource will be doing final street and sidewalk restoration at various locations city wide

Other:

• Contractor (PA Landers) to continue underground utility work at MassDOT Project #606709, Roadway Reconstruction and Related Work (including signals) along a section of Kings Highway and Tarkiln Hill Road.  Construction to take place during regular working hours (Monday – Friday), police details and traffic controls will be in place.
• Contractor (PA Landers) working on sidewalk reconstruction at the intersection of Bliss St. and Bolton St.
• Contractor (PA Landers) working at Hazelwood Park retaining wall along West Rodney French Blvd.
• Contractor (PA Landers) repairing various street and sidewalk patches city-wide.
• Contractor (North Turf) will be on site at Hazelwood Park installing the new bowling greens.
• Contractor (Private Contractor: Southcoast Development) will be repaving the intersection of Acushnet Ave. and Ashley Blvd. Weather permitting, milling will take place on Tuesday October 6th and final topcoat will be paved on Thursday October 8th. Traffic will be reduced to single lane with minor detours when necessary. Police details and traffic controls will be in place.
• MassDOT will be making repairs on the bridge at I-195 eastbound over Route 18 ramp.  Work will be from August 18th to November 30th.
• Department of Public Infrastructure will be line painting at night at various signalized intersections city-wide.
• Department of Public Infrastructure will be filling potholes city-wide on a continuous basis.
• Department of Public Infrastructure conducting its annual street sweeping program city-wide.
• The contractor (Bay State Wind Water) is tentatively scheduled to replace the Freetown municipal interconnecting water meters along Braley Rd. and Middleboro Rd. and continue large water meter replacements at various locations.
• Due to ongoing construction at the High Hill Reservoir residents may experience discolored water. The water is safe, and the discoloration will be temporary. We recommend allowing the water to settle for a few hours and then flushing your service line by letting the bathtub run for a few minutes until the water clears.

** Please note: Contractors will continue to follow guidelines and protocol regarding COVID-19 social distancing while conducting work in construction zone.

Due to the current COVID-19 situation the Department of Public Infrastructure will be closed to the public entry. Office staff is available to assist by email and telephone.