Photo: Pavement contract approved by Select Board.

It was a few months later than when it’s typically announced but the Select Board finally approved at its Monday marathon meeting of Aug. 10 the fiscal year 2020 pavement management project, the annual list of streets, roads and thoroughfares that will undergo repairs and reconstruction.

RM Pacella located in Plainville was the low bidder on the project, according to Glenn Clancy, town engineer and director of the Office of Community Development. The winning bid on the job estimated at $2,258,955 – $1.8 million in road work and $377,000 for sidewalk repair – came in at $1,861,198, so “we did very well compared to the engineer’s estimate,” said Clancy.

The work includes sidewalk repairs on Williston, Alma, Ridge, Harriet Creeley, Benton and Townsend and curbing on Harriet, Alma, and a small portion of Williston.

Clancy said will the contractor is ready to begin the project, with a dozen streets in the contract – slightly more than a typical year’s allotment – “we won’t finish the work this year so it’ll spill into the next year.”

Roads	From	To
Williston Road	Trapelo	Horne
Alma Avenue	Bartlett	Belmont
Ridge Road	Belmont	White
Juniper Road	Somerset	Fletcher
Harriet Avenue	Bartlett	Belmont
Creeley Road	Slade	Hammond
Indian Hill Road	Old Middlesex	Benton
Essex Road	Benton	Old Middlesex
Preble Gardens Road	Old Middlesex	Oakley
Old Middlesex Road	Oakley	Benton
Benton Road	Payson	Oakley
Townsend Road	Payson (south)	Payson (North)