T O W N O F M IL T O N

Eliot Street Pedestrian and Safety Improvements - In FY 2010, the Departmentof Public Works and the Engineering Department worked closely withRepresentative Linda Dorcena Forry to secure funding to complete pedestrianand safety improvements along Eliot Street in Milton. After several neighborhoodmeetings and design iterations, the Department was successful in securing$212,500.00 from the State to complete the project. In FY 2011,construction for the project was completed, and included the installation of approximately2,500 linear feet of granite curbing, reconstruction of sidewalks,wheelchair ramps and crosswalks, improved signing and striping, and roadwayrepaving. The improvements were made along Eliot Street, between AdamsStreet and Central Avenue, and between Central Avenue and Valley Road.Highway Operations - During the winter sanders were dispatched 33 timesand the plowing equipment went out in full force 21 times.DPW personnel continue to play an integral role in the operation of theTown. Operations plays a key role in the success of all projects in Town, includingChapter 90 paving, I&I sewer program, drain line cleaning and inspection,special projects such as Adams Street reconstruction and the EliotStreet safety improvement construction, MWRA water main replacement alongAdams Street projects as well as offering support to other departments including,Schools, Park, Council on Aging, Building, Health, Fire Police, and Cemetery.On a day to day basis the charge of this work group is to make repairs tothe roadway and sidewalk surfaces, street sweeping, catch basin cleaning, linepainting, and patching of all utility trenches and pot holes.The sign replacement program was completed and all street name signs intown have been replaced. A pending Federal mandate for sign reflectivity islikely to result in the need to replace nearly ALL of the Town’s traffic signsover the coming years at substantial effort and cost. Debate calling for the repealof this mandate has been escalating for more than a year now. A decisionby federal highway authorities was expected in the spring of 2011. The decisionhad not been made as of the close of FY11.Water Operations - DPW personnel responded to 337 service calls. Fiftythreeof those calls were attributed to water leaks, thirty-one of the leaks werewater mainline breaks and the remainder were house service related leaks.Eighteen hydrants were replaced throughout the system and an additional15 were repaired.DPW water operations employees continue to be the operational support forthe engineers with supervision and inspections in the water main replacementprogram and repairs and installations by contractors.144