Post date: Sep 19, 2016 3:30:25 PM
We will be hosting a hearing for MassDOT on October 19th at 7pm regarding improvements to Water Street. This project has been in the design pipeline for a long time for a variety of reasons and subject to changing requirements of utilities and DOT over the years. Since it has been quite a long time since the last hearing, they have asked to hold one for 100% design (normally these happen at 25% design). At the moment, we still expect this to go out to bid for construction next year. The only potential hold-ups will be DOT acquisition of right of way or some significant reworking of design. We are hoping that does not arise as this has been through quite a few revisions. The end result is not necessarily the most optimally preferred design, but it is the one we can get permitted and built.