Town Of Dedham: Town Hall Electric Vehicle Charging Station Update

Press release from the Town of Dedham:

01/21/2022 7:00 AM

Construction Update 1/20/22: The south driveway entrance to the Town Hall parking lots will be closed on Friday, January 21st from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to allow for excavation and construction work for the new electric vehicle charging station. Vehicles will enter and exit through the north driveway entrance, located next to the Fire Station. Dedham Police Officers will be onsite to assist with traffic flow in and out of the parking lots from Washington Street. The south driveway entrance will reopen as soon as possible and traffic flow will be reduced to one lane to accommodate for construction vehicles and equipment.

Reminder: Town Hall is open to the public on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Parking is available in the front and rear lots, with elevator access at the rear entrance (at the Ames Senior Center). 

Construction began this week to install a new, electric vehicle charging station in the front parking lot at Town Hall. The charging station will be located at the southwest end of the front parking lot, adjacent to the south entrance off Washington Street. Below is a rendering of the location of the new charging station as presented to the Planning Board on January 12, 2022:

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Electrical Work will then follow to run power and control wiring and complete the installation of the power distribution box and the charging station itself. Additional software & programing work will complete the installation.

Anticipated Project Timeline:

• Excavation work is expected to last one week, weather-permitting, from January 17 through January 21, 2022.
• Wiring and installation of distribution box and charging device should follow the second week (week of January 24, 2022).
• Final hookups, installation of new Eversource meter, software downloads, and programming will follow on the third week (week of January 31, 2022).

Please note: Per the approved agreement with the Planning Board, the parking spaces adjacent to the new charging station are not intended to be reserved for electric vehicles only. Any employee or visitor with business at Town Hall can park in those spaces. 

We will provide construction updates as the project continues. Thank you in advance for your patience as we continue to improve Town Hall.

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