2009 Annual Report.pdf - Town of Milton

peals, the Milton Police Department, the School Department, the Park Department,
and the Cemetery Department. In February 2009, Walter Heller, the Director
of Public Works, resigned from his position, which would remain unfilled
until July 2010. February also saw the hiring of a new employee, Civil Engineer
Dale Horsman, who would work closely with Asst. Town Engineer John Thompson
to help design, oversee and manage all of the Department of Public Works
capital projects. In FY 2009, there was over $3,000,000 in construction for capital
projects ranging from watermain replacement and sewer inflow reduction
to traffic signal installation and roadway improvements.
WATER CAPITAL PROGRAM
Engineering Design – Design for the watermain construction project
planned for the spring of 2009 was conducted entirely by the Engineering Department.
The watermain construction design included nearly $1.3M in construction,
although funding would not allow for the whole project to be
completed. The FY09 watermain construction contract (contract W09-1)
awarded consisted of the replacement of water main on Houston Avenue (between
Blue Hills Pkwy and Thacher St), Reedsdale Rd (between Randolph Ave
and Pleasant St), Pleasant Street (between Reedsdale Rd and Gun Hill St.), and
Horton Place. The contract also included the abandonment of a parallel unlined
watermain on Pleasant Street, between Gun Hill St and Edgehill Rd. Design
was completed during February 2009, and bids were accepted in April
2009. Tom Gioioso Construction of Rockland, MA began construction in May.
Watermain relays that were designed and not included for construction were
Bailey Ave, Mathaurs St, Dean Rd, Bradford Rd, Pillon Rd, and Taff Rd. These
streets can now be included in future watermain construction projects as funding
allows with no additional design effort required.
Construction Management – During the 2009 fiscal year, construction on
contract W08-1 was completed. This consisted of the replacement of water
main on Dyer Avenue, Verndale Road, Lothrop Avenue, and Decker Street, and
the abandonment of small unlined parallel mains on Houston Avenue extension
and Blue Hills Parkway. Tom Gioioso Construction of Rockland, MA
began construction in June of 2008 and was completed in November of 2008.
SEWER CAPITAL PROGRAM
The sewer master plan, better known as the Infiltration / Inflow Reduction
Plan, is now in Year 5, and looking ahead to Year 6. This year, the Engineering
Department, working in conjunction with Weston & Sampson Engineers,
tackled the Year 5 design and prepared the contract bid documents for construction
in early summer 2009. Year 5 Construction and Year 6 Investigations
and construction are set to take place in FY 2010.
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