Photo: Paving starts this week. The first of the streets on the 2019 Pavement Management “hit” list are about to go under the shovel beginning this week. Starting Tuesday, July 16, and continuing to Friday, July 19 – if the weather holds out – the Town of Belmont’s General Contractor, EH Perkins, will begin asphalt paving […]
Photo: Palfrey Road. It’s appropriate that Palfrey Road is adjacent to the large United Methodist Church in Cushing Square. Many drivers seek the solace of prayer before navigating the roadway’s deep potholes and numerous ruts that have destroyed their fair share of residents’ vehicles suspensions, alignments and tires over the past decades. Now those prayers […]
Photo: Road work on Concord Avenue. Final preparations and paving of Concord Avenue from the intersection of Cottage Street to the US Postal Service office will begin Thursday, Oct. 1, at 6 a.m., according to Belmont town officials. The contractor believes it will take a single day to complete the paving. Also, Cottage Street from Concord Avenue […]
Photo: The road work begins on Concord Avenue. The main thoroughfare from Cambridge and Belmont High School to Belmont Center and points west will be reduced to a single lane as the roadway undergoes much-needed repair and repaving, according to the town’s Office of Community Development. Concord Avenue from the commuter rail bridge to Cottage […]
Photo: Elm Street, one of the 17 roads that will be repaired this year. Seventeen streets and road made the 2015 Pavement Management list after the Belmont Board of Selectmen accepted a $1.99 million bid from E.H. Perkins Construction last week. Due to the low bid, about $400,000 lower than the estimated price tag, allowed four additional streets (in bold) […]