Rockland Highway Department

First snow event of year. 4am start on snow crews. Salting all main roads, hills and around schools first, to get open. Will follow up with side roads. Please use caution. Timing is awful on this one.

ROAD UPDATE:
Spring street/Summer street intersection:
We will continue paving on Monday the 6th. We will be starting on Spring street just shy of Domigan drive. We will be pulling from Market street towards Summer intersection, against trafffic to get intersection done before afternoon traffic. Appx. 7am-1030. Then we will do entire intersection. 1030-1230. We will then pull from intersection to Domigan drive. 1230-2. If enough time we will do Domigan as well. The paving is just a shim/level course to get road crown back and to cover bad trench mix. Contractor is covering cost of recoat. We will be raising structures and adding topcoat in Spring . We will follow with microsurfacing on entire format. Next year the work will be done at night along with additional paving on Weymouth street and upper Union.
Beech street walks will continue this week and should be wrapped up within a couple of weeks, weather permitting.
Funding source for above projects: Three year article, National Grid funds, Chapter 90 and Highway and drainage budget.

ROAD WORK UPDATE:
Paving on Spring street, Summer intersection, Beech street.
Paving contractor has an opening this Friday and we are going to be paving and shim coating above roads. Schedule is as follows:
Friday: Starting at 7am at lower Beech street/Morningside intersection. Will be finished paving to grade. Morningside entrance will be closed as well as lower Beech street to and from Hanson. Once this section is completed we will be paving from Industrial way to and through Summer intersection. One way traffic only for residents and buses. Summer intersection will be closed at Abington and also Concord street for a small duration. They will then pull down from Industrial way and through Summer intersection again. We will be looking to keep one lane of traffic open only. Will be a quick set up time on asphalt work. The paving is just a shim coat. (3-8th mix). It is to cover the trench mix from last year that was sub par. The cost is on paving contractor. Monday we will be paving Spring street section where trench work was done. One way traffic for residents and Summer and Beech will be open at this time. We will be raising all the structures in late Spring and will finish pave at night. We will be following up with microsurfacing which will also be at night. The delays are due to the underground infrastructure upgrades. We will be posting signage on Thursday for paving.

ROAD UPDATE: Beech street, Summer intersection. We will have multiple crews in these areas the next few days doing drainage, curbing and walks , as well as some asphalt work. We will be detouring some traffic through Millbrook as we work on the corner at top of Beech street. 500-600 area. Will continue on with curbing and walks until complete. Drainage updates are almost completed.

Thankyou for your patience.

We will be offering free to residents, delivery of mulch and/or wood chips. The Town is having a hard time disposing of wood chips and has reground to produce organic brown mulch. Residents can contact BOH for waiver paperwork or pick-up at Recycle Center. Highway will coordinate delivery. The Town is committed to recycling and this is a joint effort with Highway and Board of Health. Saturday deliveries only. Product is at Recycle Center for viewing.

ROAD WORK UPDATE
Beech street paving:
Format is 500 Beech to Morngside Dr. Grading is complete. We will be paving tomorrow 7am start. Please leave early if possible. Close windows. We will be paving North River Collaborative and Condos side first. Will allow residents time to get out. Should be in that are by 8. Will open that lane to both by 10-11coming from Summer. Traffic will be routed through Millbrook over night tonight - tomorrow day. Last day....
Thank you for your patience....

Will be back on curbing and backfilling on Wednesday. Areas around project will be cleaned up and swept this week.

ROAD WORK UPDATE
Beech street from 500 to Morningside Drive. Friday reclaiming and grading. Saturday grading. Monday final grading. Tuesday paving of binder coat. Beech street will be shutdown at Millbrook and Morningside Dr. Traffic will be detoured through Millbrook Drive. Please no parking on Millbrook Drive. Both entrances of Millbrook will be open. We thank you for your patience.

ROAD WORK UPDATE
Beech street reclaim start date is moved to Friday. Work format is 500 Beech to Morningside Drive entrance. The section will be closed. We urge residents to leave early. Signage is posted with dates of work.
Thank you for your patience

ROAD WORK UPDATE
Beech street: From top of Beech at old asphalt seem(500 Beech) to Morningside Drive. Will be reclaiming and grading road on Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday . ( Grinding old asphalt, removing large pieces, grading and fine grading for asphalt). Once complete, we will have the asphalt binder coat installed. Scheduled for Wednesday/Thursday. We will be temporarily closing Beech at Morningside and Millbrook , then sending traffic through Millbrook.
The road will be rough for two days. Suggestions would be to keep windows closed at residence and seek alternate routes. Final coats on Spring and Beech will be at night.

Beech street curb and walk project: Will continue this week. Install crew should wrap up first phase this week and we will start on walks. Once phase one is complete we will start top of Beech to Morningside Dr.

Weymouth street, VFW Dr and Union intersection paving will also be done at night. Tentatively scheduled with above projects.

As always, Thank you for your patience....

ROAD WORK UPDATE: Tuesday July 18th and Wednesday July 19th we will be paving(leveling of roads) . Tuesday Starting at Union/Vfw/Hatherly intersection. Appx time 7-10. We will be moving next to Vfw/Pleasent st intersection. Appx time 10-1. Will then be moving to Weymouth street from Reservoir drive to Town line. Should get one lane done. Traffic will be detoured at first two locations and Weymouth street will remain open during paving. Wednesday will only be on Weymouth street. If time , we will move to Plain/West Water intersection. Please allow for delays. Once completed we will raise structures and come back and mill joints and finish pave. Vfw drive will have more patching and crackfilling this year to buy us some time on road. We currently have a grant going to redo Vfw and Weymouth street including all intersections.

Beech street: Curbing and walk project will continue. Contractor started install of curb this week. Monday through Friday next week.

ROAD UPDATE: Beech street curb and walk project: Contractor will be starting this week on install of curb. Once the 3000 feet is done we will go back and grade out. Paving contractor will be in to finish grade and pave. Concrete ADA ramps will be installed after binder coat is complete. If mailboxes need to be moved, they will be temporarily installed up until finish paving.

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ROAD WORK UPDATE:
Beech Street/Spring curb and walkway project:
We are in the process of removing and installing granite curbing. We have pulled the required 3,000 linear feet for our contractor to begin installation starting Mid July. Additional curbing will be loaded into the area next week. We will also be working on service structures in the walkway format and removing a few tree stumps.

The process goes as follows: Highway department pulls the existing granite curb, old walks, loamy soil and installs gravel burrow. Contractor installs existing and mixes in new curbing near drives and street transitions. Highway department then subgrades behind curbing and pulls driveway aprons to prep. The contractor will finish grade and install walks and ADA ramps at street crossings. Once all hardscape is completed, Highway department will grade out loam and hydroseed disturbed areas and reinstall mailboxes. (Loam and seed in Fall). The process takes longer due to the amount of inhouse work but it is saving a substantial amount for the Town. Once the 3,000 feet is complete, we will start next section to Morningside Drive.
Timeline: Now-End of season.

Funds used: Town Article, National Grid remediation funds, Chapter 90 funds.

Beech Street:
Top of Beech, at old water tower station area to Morningside Drive will be full reclamation. The road will be reclaimed and brought over to binder coat.
Timeline: End of July-September

Funds used: Town article, Chapter 90, Drainage and Highway general budget.

Plain Street curb and walk project:
Highway department will be removing and replacing curb and walks from Rail Trail to West Water intersection.
Timeline: August-October

Funds used: Town article, and Drainage and Highway general budget.

North Union and Hatherly intersection, VFW Drive and Pleasent intersection and Weymouth Street from Reservoir Drive to Town line. Weymouth and Hingham:

Will be shimming, leveling and overlay at these problem areas.
Timeline: Mid July-Sept

Funds used: Town article(Marijuana funds), Chapter 90, and Drainage and Highway general budget.

Drainage project for side roads off of Pond Street:
Upgrade and/or replace all drainage associated with the roads off of Pond Street. Nelson, Meridith, Krisroy, Curry, Wilson, Wright, Colby, Turner, French, Old Country and Townsend.
Timeline: July-End of season

Funds used: Town article, Drainage and Highway general budget.

Recycling Center road and lot upgrades:

Will be removing old asphalt and concrete, grading , adding additional drainage and electrical underground for future use. Area will be brought over to asphalt binder coat.
Timeline: Currently under construction-September.

Funds used: Town article.

Will continue to update current and future projects.

As, always we thank you for your patience with all Road work.

ROAD UPDATE: We will be starting work on Beech street this week.
Project: Remove and replace curb and walks. Phase 1 is from Baypath Lane to Industrial Way. Removal, structure work, new curb install, grading and new walks. Work will mainly be on even side.
Monday through Friday, 7am-3pm.
Thank you for your patience.....

ROAD UPDATE: Mass DOT will be doing work in the Town of Rockland. Project type: ADA and sidewalk improvements. Improve pedestrian safety along Route 123 at the intersections of Central, Arthur , Highland st, Arlington, Howard, Crescent st , Liberty and to Old Market st. Work has been started and estimated to take 8-10 weeks. There will be daily lane closures.

Tomorrow is the Rockland Little League parade. This years parade will start at Market St. and Spring St. It will go straight down Spring St. to the ball fields. Spring St. is expected to be closed from 9:30am - 10:30am between Market St. and Summer St. Please plan accordingly.

We turn trash into treasured community events. How awesome is Rockland?! We think, "spectacular!" Join Open Space Committee and multiple organizations and town departments to clean up the Town Forest, Rail Trail, Hartsuff Park, and Union Street area on Saturday morning.

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The All Night Winter Parking Ban is being lifted on Saturday April 1, 2023. We would like to thank the residents for their cooperation during this recent winter season.

ROAD WORK: Lower Beech street, between the two Millbrook entrances. Continuation of Sewer/Drainage work. Mainly on the inbound lane from Hanson. Will close off the lane and send through Millbrook. Out bound lane will be open. Should be 5-6 days of work.

STORM ALERT: From all reports that we have received, we will be transitioning from rain to snow early afternoon. Will be a slushy mess for a while until it goes to all snow this evening. We plan on treating to get through commute and will assess the situation after that. We plan for the worse but hope for the best scenario. As usual, please have all vehicles off the road format overnight as well as any other obstacles, (hockey, basketball nets, etc.). Please stay off roads if you can. There will be heavy snow which typically will cause some down branches, trees and/or powerlines. Please allow time for cleanup. Thank you for your patience. Spring is around the corner......

STORM UPDATE: Looks to be an active weather pattern in regards to snow this week. Just a reminder to remove all items from road format (street and/or sidewalks) before the snow arrives. Vehicles, Basketball nets, hockey nets, trash barrels etc. The trash/recycling pickup will have a one hour delay tomorrow. Thankyou for your cooperation.

ROAD WORK
Beech street: Sewer/Drainage. 7am-3pm on Tuesday the 7th. Could last into Wednesday. Around 680 Beech area, in between the two Millbrook areas. Will be center line work in the road format. We will be diverting traffic through Millbrook. Both entrances will be open. Allow for delays. Thank you for your patience.

WINTER officially begins for Highway department...salting team is out.....

ROAD UPDATE: Spring Street, Summer intersection and Beech Street: We will be finishing up with drainage upgrades this week.

Thursday we will be milling gas trenches on Spring, Summer intersection and Beech street. We will be paving the trenches on Friday. Start times will be 7am and should finish approximately at 3-4pm. Seek alternate route if possible.

Keep in mind that we wait at least a year for settlement of trenches before finish pave. We will be finishing curb, walks and road overlay in 2023.

Thank you for your patience...

A Special thank you to Chelsea Amaral (RHS Junior Class of 2024) for being Blinky for the Annual Holiday Stroll. Chelsea is a rockstar last year she dressed as Coney and this year Blinky. Again Thank you.

The Rockland Police Department would like to advise residents that there will be no parking on Union St. from Union Square to North Ave. starting Friday 9/30 @6:00pm - Saturday 10/1 @6:00pm due to the Rockland Fall Festival. Any vehicle parked on Union St. during these hours may be towed at the owners expense.

The micro surfacing will take place Wednesday 9/14 (weather permitting) the change in date was due to rain. Please see estimated times and locations:
Pine haven: Time 7am-830
Gardner: Time 830-1030
Lincoln: Time 1030-1130
Forest to/and W. Pleasant: Time 1130-1
Forest to/and Parmenter: 1-230
Howland: 230-330
Deering square: 330-430

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHITE ROAD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM MICRO SURFACING.

Thank you for you cooperation and patience in this matter.

The micro surfacing will take place Friday 9/9 and Monday 9/12 (weather permitting) the change in dates was due to rain. Please see estimated times and locations:
Pine haven: Time 7am-830
Gardner: Time 830-1030
Lincoln: Time 1030-1130
Forest to/and W. Pleasant: Time 1130-1
Forest to/and Parmenter: 1-230
Howland: 230-330
Deering square: 330-430

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHITE ROAD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM MICRO SURFACING.

Thank you for you cooperation and patience in this matter.

The current status of the micro surfacing on Gardner St, Pinehaven Cir., Deering Square, Howland Way, Forest St, Lincoln Rd West Pleasant St, Parmenter St and White Road will take place Friday 9/9 and Monday 9/12 (weather permitting) the change in dates was due to rain. Thank you for you cooperation and patience in this matter.

ROAD WORK UPDATE:

WEDNESDAY: MONCRIEF RD DRIVEWAY APRONS PATCHED. GARNER ST BACKFILLING BERMS AND DRIVES. FOREST ST PATCHING AND CURBING.
THURSDAY: LINCOLN RD DRIVEWAY APRONS PATCHED. GARDNER ST BACKFILLING BERMS AND DRIVEWAYS
FRIDAY: PAVING LINCOLN RD AND TOP OF FOREST ST
MONDAY: PAVING FOREST ST

ROAD UPDATE:
Tuesday: Gardner street will have structure crew out. White road will also be done
Wednesday: Paving Gardner street.
Thursday: Paving White road and will start paving on Levin road. Weather permitting. Structure crew will be on Forest street as well.
Friday: Structure crew on Forest and Lincoln road.

Future work: Paving Moncrief and Forest street area next week.
Will be working on raising structures on Spring street walkway project as well as some cable issues to be resolved. Will start on curbing at Spring , after that. We are at the mercy of our contractors performing some of the work and they are all short help and tight on materials.

Thankyou for your patience.

Road Update:
This week's milling schedule:
Tuesday and Wednesday: Forest street and Lincoln road.
Wednesday and Thursday: White road
Thursday and Friday: Moncrief and all streets affected by gas trenches. Parts of Levin, Brooks and Josh Gray.
Door hangers have gone out as well as signage. Paving will be 10 days to two weeks after. Weather permitting.

Thankyou for your patience.

ROAD WORK UPDATE:
Gardner Street/Pinehaven Circle: Starting Wednesday July 6th and going through Tuesday July 12th. We will be reclaiming and regarding these streets. The streets will then sit until Thursday July 21st and Friday July 22nd when they will be paved. The sit time is done so we can monitor the underground infrastructure for leaks after reclaiming. Micro surfacing will follow. Funds: Town article and General Rockland Highway Department

Spring street/Summer intersection/Beech Street: Starting curb and walkway project on Spring Street on Tuesday July 5th. The project should run most of the Summer. Once curb and walks completed, we will shim and level the roads due to trenches. Funds: National Grid remediation fees and Town article funds.

Levin/Brooks/Josh Grey and Moncrief roads: We will be milling and paving all roads that were affected by gas work. The entire Moncrief Road format will also be milled and paved. Tentative start date is third week of July. Funds: National Grid remediation fees and Chapter 90 funds.

Forest Street/Lincoln Road: We will be milling and paving both streets along with finishing West Pleasant and Parmenter. Tentative start date is the third week of July Micro surfacing will follow. Funds: Monahan rink remediation fees, Town article funds and Chapter 90.

White road: Will be milling and paving entire road format. Micro surfacing will follow. Funds: Chapter 90 funds

Division street/Taunton Ave.: The intersection will be reconfigured due to school project. Start date is Tuesday July 6th. Project should run 5-6 weeks. Work is done through the school project.
National Grid will also be doing gas mains over on Belmont Street and Hatherly. We are also working with Grid to get work done on side streets off of Pond Street.

Highway/Drainage department will be doing extensive drainage work on all the side streets off of Pond Street this year.
Highway will be doing extensive pathing and crack filling on all main road sidewalks starting this Summer to make more walkable. These are walks that are a few years out away from extensive work/over hall/redesign.

We completed a few projects this Spring: McCarthy Farm parking lot was just completed. Additional signage will follow. The recycle center has had extensive improvements and we are finishing up Veterans remembrance park on the left side of Town Hall.

Thank you for your continued patience on all work.....

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ROAD UPDATE:

Liberty Street (from Webster to Pleasent): Currently waiting for Comcast and Verizon to swap out 3 poles. Once completed we will continue to top coat walkways. Once walks are completed we will overlay street and microsurface.

Upper Liberty (from Pleasent to Union): Will be reclaiming (grinding) road starting on Monday the 5th. Will be doing Liberty Court at the same time. Once road is graded we will wait a couple weeks to pave.

Hacket Circle and O'Donnell court will be overlayed and microsurfaced at the same time as the above roads.

Wardson Circle and Linden Park South(off West Water) will also be reclaimed next week.
All roads that will be reclaimed will also be regraded next week. Estimated to run August 5th-10th, Once roads are graded we will let sit for paving. We let sit for two weeks to see if anything breaks on the underground infrastructure due to the heavy vibration. Paving crews are scheduled for August 26th. Roads will have heavy binder with microsurface.

Upper Union (from North ave-VFW drive): Just removed outbound side of old walks and curb. Will do inbound side after level course of asphalt is installed. Walks, curbing and ADA ramps will be installed the entire length. Road will be milled 2.5 inches and will have level course and binder installed this year. Walks will be paved this year and we will install top coat in Spring of 2020.

All roads that are completed this year will have loam and seed installed in the Fall.

Miscellaneous:

Highway crews are currently cutting back and cleaning intersections and road islands. Crews are also cleaning Union center.

We are currently vac and jetting the last third of town to be done on all drainage catch basins and manholes.

We are currently line striping and painting all crosswalks through town.

We just completed heavy brush cutbacks through town. Will do another before Winter.

We also just completed guardrails on VFW drive. Will be doing Gardner Street guardrails in Fall. Note: The rust color on rails was do to Oak trees on that run, not quality of materials. Company we used is Mass DOT certified and they came out to cleanup.

We are also still working on shrub amnesty program through town, Still a few to go.

We also just finished the Rail trail parking area at 638 Market street.

ROAD UPDATE: Will be paving Cresent street and Howard/Crescent and Howard/Vernon intersections tomorrow, Wednesday. Will start on Cresent street form Union at 7am. should finish by 11am and will do intersections after. Please park on Vernon or George street. Howard street will be closed off at Market and Custer at 11am.

Note: There will be no pickup of trash tomorrow on Crescent,Vernon or George street. Will be delayed to Thursday. Thankyou for your patience.

Shrub amnesty program: If you or someone you know has a shrub or tree in the line of traffic, we will remove and provide a voucher for new one to be planted at a different location or setback. Please contact us via phone or PM.

ROAD UPDATE:
Paving on Monday: Union, Vernon, George, Crescent and Charles street. In that order. 2 Days. Most likely Union and Vernon done on Monday. Will be closing off Union street early until 2pm. Please move cars to Payson or Crescent street for those that are leaving early. If you see paver, would suggest leaving driveway. Will be starting Union street first and pulling down from West Water street. Note: We wait at least two weeks after miling to pave due to vibration of machine and underground infrastructure. That and weather has put paver crew behind.

Will update the rest of road project next week.

ROAD UPDATE:
Starting Monday the 3rd: Will be milling and paving Lower Union,Vernon,Crescent, George and intersections of Howard/Crescent and Howard/Vernon. This will run approximately 6 to 7 days. (H20 funds)

Liberty Street(from Webster to Pleasent) , will continue curbing and walks. Drainage updates as well. (H20 and Chapter 90 funds) June-July

Upper Liberty(Pleasent/Liberty to Union) will start removing old walks and concrete curbing.
Will follow up with full road reconstuction. June-August

Miscellaneous:
Just finished guardrail project on VFW drive . Will be updating signage.

Just finished woode park-island at Forrest and Pleasent street. Will be adding signage.