Town Of Durham: Road Restoration Update 08-27-2021

Press release from the Town of Durham:

8/27/2021

 
Road Restoration in Durham

August 27, 2021 Update
Eversource Gas Line and EPA Water Line Project

(Route 17, Route 68, Maiden Lane, Maple Ave, and Talcott Lane)

Eversource is working with EPA and CTDEEP to perform the road repairs for both the gas line and water line projects. Laydon Industries, a contractor working for Eversource will be performing these road repairs of the Town Roads in Durham as well as Route 17 and Route 68. Route 17 in Middletown will also be milled and repaved up to the Talcott Ridge Drive. Work to continue into week of Aug 30, 2021:
• Installation of traffic loop detectors.
• Mill and pave several patches on Route 17 just south of Old Cemetery Lane.
• Remaining work which is expected to be completed in September 2021 includes:
o Raising the water line valve boxes and the Town catch basins on Maiden Lane, Maple Ave and Talcott Lane, which will be performed just before these roads receive the 2-inch pavement overlay.
o 2-inch pavement overlay for Maple Ave, Talcott Lane, and Maiden Lane.
o Driveway aprons and topsoil along the road edge of Town of Durham roads, which will be added to match the new road height after paving is completed.
o Paving a short section of Packinghouse Road and two small sections of Route 17 just south of Old Cemetery Road.
• Work that is complete includes:
o Milling and Paving work on Route 17 and Route 68 is complete, except for three small patches south of Old Cemetery Lane.
o Curb replacement and line striping on Route 17 and Route 68.
o Re-compaction and repaving of the water line trenches on Maiden Lane, Talcot Lane, and Maple Ave north of Route 68 is complete except for a short section of Maiden Lane at the Ball Brook Stream crossing.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the road work, please contact:
Eversource Gas – John Reed – 860-318-6869
Laydon Industries – Jeffrey Polley – 203-562-7283
If you would like more information regarding the water line project, please go to: www.epa.gov/superfund/durham

This press release was produced by the Town of Durham. The views expressed here are the author’s own.