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Marblehead Bracing for Summer Drain Work
Drainage repairs are expected to tie up traffic through the center of Marblehead this summer.
Editor's Note: This morning's original post suggested that this summer's work was on the sewer system. The drain system is what will be replaced.
The commencement of a three-year plan to increase pipe capacity, replace aged or leaky culverts and reconfigure pipe layouts through the center of Marblehead is expected to translate to traffic headaches for local residents this summer.
The Marblehead Water and Sewer Commission will meet with local officials and business owners Monday night to present a pre-construction plan for the Pleasant Street Drainage Project.
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The meeting, scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. at the garage on Tower Way, is meant to allow the contractor and representatives of the police and fire departments to field questions about the project from local residents, according to the posted agenda.
Marblehead Patch will post updates from the meeting Monday night.
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The figures below were formulated after factoring in the anticipated increase in material costs over the next four years, according to Sewer Commission members.
Fiscal 2013: $2.56 million
- Atlantic Avenue Replacement
- Washington Street/Atlantic Avenue Intersection Rerouting
- Spring Street/Essex Street Reroute
- Site Upstream Storage
- Permit and Purchase Storage Sites
Fiscal 2014: $1.44 million
- School Street Replacement
- Sewall Street/School Street Regrading
- Autobody Shop Catchbasin Reset
- Bessom Street at Pleasant Street Inlet Capacity Increase
- Build Upstream Storage
Fiscal 2015: $552,000
- Evans Road Reroute
- Garfield Road Reroute
- Cement Line Sewall Street Easement
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Planned Work Areas:
FY13: Atlantic Avenue; Washington at Atlantic; Spring and Essex.
FY14: Pleasant Street; School Street; Sewall Street; Bessom and Pleasant.
FY15: Garfield Street; Evans Road; Sewall to Pleasant.
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Cost Breakdown:
Fiscal Year Const. Engineering Con. Contingency Public Safety Final DesignInflation Total FY13 $1.76 M $578,000 $264,003 $71,228 $104,763 $138,901 $2.9 M FY14 $466,979 $157,999 $70,047 $18,899 $27,796 $57,706 $799,426 FY15 $679,116 $256,000 $101,867 $27,484 $40,423 $116,455 $1.2 M Total $4.9 M
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