2009 Annual Report.pdf - Town of Milton

Engineering Design – Design was completed for the Year 5 Construction
contract. This contract includes cleaning and inspection of over 45,000 linear
feet of sewer pipe, topside inspection of 191 sewer manholes, testing and sealing
of over 8,700 pipe joints, chemical root treatment of over 4,300 linear feet
of pipe, 900 feet of cured in place sewer and sewer liners, and six open cut
sewer repairs. The contract was bid and awarded in May 2009 to National Pipe
Cleaning Company, of Watertown, CT.
Construction Management – During fiscal year 2008, Year 4 construction
for the Sewer I/I Reduction Plan was completed. In fiscal year 2009, warranty
and guarantee work was completed. Television inspection and retesting of all
Year 4 repairs was completed to ensure adherence to contract specifications.
This work was overseen by the Engineering Department, working in conjunction
with Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc.
DRAINAGE CAPITAL PLAN
The Engineering Department is currently in Year Four of its Ten Year
Stormwater System capital improvement program.
Engineering Design – In FY 2009, the Engineering Department completed
the design for Year 4 of the stormwater system rehabilitation. The year 4
drainage plan consists of drain line cleaning and inspection in various sections
of Milton, including Edgehill and Governor’s Rd, the Columbines including
Ridge Rd, Hallen Ave and Woodside Drive, California Ave and Lochland St,
and numerous other streets. Overall, approximately 30,000 linear feet of pipe
is identified for cleaning and inspection, so that flow capacity can be restored.
Construction Management – During fiscal year 2009, the Engineering Department
created construction bid documents for completion of Year 3 and Year
4 of the drainage capital plan. In October 2008, a construction contract was
awarded to Truax Corporation, of Lakeville, MA for over 50,000 linear feet of
drainage pipe rehabilitation. Construction began in the spring of 2009 and is
expected to be wrapped up in fiscal year 2010.
ROAD RESURFACING PROGRAM
In FY 2009, the Engineering Department completed the design for the construction
of sidewalks and repaving of streets in the Town of Milton. The streets
included in this year’s paving program were Dyer Avenue, Tucker Street, Aberdeen
Road, Decker Street, Lothrop Avenue, Verndale Road, and Houston Avenue
(between Thacher Street and Blue Hills Parkway). In addition to the road
resurfacing, sidewalk and pedestrian improvements were made along all of the
streets with the exception of Houston Avenue.
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