Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Public Works Department's snow dump is full and workers must find a way to store more snow.
The pile of snow at Watertown's snow dump already towers above the fencing, and more snow is on its way this weekend. Public Works Superintendent Gerald Mee said the department will have to get creative at the snow dump, which is located at the old recycling center on Grove Street. "Our snow dump is full after 27 inches of snow (during the blizzard)," Mee said. See a video of the snow dump to the right. Mee hopes the snow forecast for up to a foot of snow this weekend turns out to be overblown. "I watch the weather forecast everyday, hoping for the best," Mee said. "Hopefully the storm will blow out to sea." If the snow does come, Mee said the DPW might have to look at options at the snow dump. "We are looking at possibly bringing in a …
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Old Recycling Center
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Friday, February 15, 2013
The Watertown Town Council will create a clear policy for when those roads get plowed.
Historically private roads in Watertown get plowed by Watertown's Public Works plow drivers, but during the Blizzard of 2013 there was some confusion, said Town Council President Mark Sideris. "We all (councilors) got calls this weekend," Sideris said at Tuesday's Town Council meeting. Some people living on private roads said they usually have their roads plowed but complained that they were not cleared this time, said Sideris, who hopes to avoid the confusion in the future. "We need to make a clear policy," Sideris said. The Town Council voted unanimously to have the Public Works Committee start examining the policy for plowing private roads and come up with a solution. The policy would then be voted on by the whole Town Council. Overall…
Monday, January 14, 2013
The largest remaining forested area of Watertown will remain a nature preserve.
Nature lovers will be able to enjoy Watertown's largest remaining forested area for years to come after the Town Council approved a resolution to keep Whitney Hill as a nature preserve. Part of the wooded area above Victory Field already had protection as park land, but the Town Council learned in September 2012 that two smaller parcels belonged to the Public Works. Last Tuesday, the Town Council unanimously approved the resolution, which reads, in part, "Whitney Hill Park shall be preserved and maintained as natural wooded parkland for passive recreation and education purposes. ..." (See the whole resolution by clicking here.) The area will be taken care of by the Department of Public Works, said DPW Superintendent Gerald Mee. While the…
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Whitney Hill Park
Sidney St & Marion Rd, Watertown, MA
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Town Manager Michael Driscoll warned that there are some hurdles to clear before work can begin in the spring, rather than the fall.
Efforts to start road repairs earlier this year may have to take a detour, Town Manager Michael Driscoll told the Town Council Tuesday night. The council’s Public Works Committee recommended a new schedule for road repair projects that includes starting construction in April. The new timeline would avoid starting work in September and October, as it did in 2012, said Councilor Cecilia Lenk, chairwoman of the Public Works Committee. Driscoll said that the work could not start as early as called for on the schedule. “We are not going to be able to have the schedule in place by the summer of 2013,” Driscoll said. Lenk said she recognized that the schedule is already behind, but said the work should start as soon as possible. “The committee …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Most repair projects have started, but the final resurfacing will have to wait on most.
About a third the streets on the town’s repair list are finished, but others will have to wait until after the winter to be completed, Public Works Superintendent Gerald Mee told Town Councilors. The town had seven streets on the schedule to be resurfaced, and have other improvements and Mee said, who said the summer 2012 projects are about 50 percent complete. Work on two roads has been completed – Middlesex Road and Hawthorne Road, Mee said. Others will take longer, Mee said during the Public Works Subcommittee meeting. “We have completed water service replacement on Boyd (Street), Union (Street), Standish (Road) and Lovell (Road), and they are ready for road construction,” Mee said. The work will likely have to wait for warmer weather, …
wiley coyote
5:53 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
Stack it on the football Fields. They won't be used for a while anyways. more ›