North Street Construction Set

Reconstruction work on North Street is scheduled to begin on or about Monday, June 20. The work is expected to last about two weeks, the Department of Public Works reports.

Construction crews will work from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday except holidays.

North Street, from the Grafton Middle School to Wesson Street, will be closed to through traffic during road construction. Traffic detours will be established for general traffic flow.

The closing of the road will make the construction zone safer for both the residents and construction crews.  It will also accelerate the project completion time and vastly improve the overall quality of the project, the DPW reports.

Residents shoud move their vehicles from the designated areas of construction before 7 a.m. to avoid delays in their morning commute. Once the road has been reclaimed in front of a house or side street, there will be a lengthy delay before it is passable again.

The project may entail some of the following activities:

• Removal of trees within the Town right-of-way.
• Reclamation and pulverization of existing pavement.
• Re-grading of sub-grade and minor horizontal and vertical roadway profile alignment for drainage and safety improvements.
• Placement of binder course (bituminous asphalt)
• Adjusting drainage structures frames, water & gas gates to final grade.
• Placement of top course (bituminous asphalt).
• Loam and seed shoulder area (lawn areas near edge of pavement).
• Transition driveway aprons to new roadway surface.
• Placement of pavement markings, regulatory and street signage.

If any residents have foundation or perimeter drains discharging to catch basins or out to the roadway, please inform the Department of Public Works so they can maintain  the integrity of the pipe and not cause any damage to the drainage system.

 Any unidentified pipes encountered will be treated as abandoned unless the department is aware of their existence.

If you have any further question or concerns please contact the DPW office at 508-839-5335 or visit the website at www.grafton-ma.gov.