Charlemont Road

GEG Construction has been in Town repairing areas where the erosion control measures failed and pieces of the new pavement have become fragile and have broken off. The Buckland Highway Department will work with the contractors to make sure the repair work is complete and satistfactory. 

In addition a new drainage inlet will be installed on Charlemont Road, just above Maynard Hill Road to capture run off that isn't making it to the existing inlet. 

Also several driveway aprons will be completed this Spring. 

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Final pavement was completed in October 2021, including some loam and seed to capture any erosion that may occur over the winter. 

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Work will begin this week on Charlemont Road. 

The contractor, GEG Construction, will make repairs to the partialy collapsed culvert first, taking approximately three to four weeks. The road will be closed to through traffic during this time.  For more information please see the complete project schedule.  

Buckland Select Board received bid results for the Charlemont Road Improvement and culvert stabilization project on June 15, 2021.  The Board voted to award the bid to low bidder GEG Construction Inc. of Springfield Mass in the amount of $736,663. A start date has not been determined. 

The Board also voted to allow the contractor to close the road to through traffic during construction. Detour signage will be in place and local traffic will be permitted at all times. 

The Buckland Conservation Commission will review the project's Request for Applicability on June 17, 2021. That meeting will be held in Town Hall at 17 State Street and those who wish to participate by Zoom at Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3766182922

History

The Town will reconstruct Charlemont Road from Upper Street to Avery Road and stabilize the culvert at Avery Road with funds received through the 2020 MassWorks Grant. 

The $1 million MassWorks grant includes improvements to the drainage and preliminary engineering for a future culvert replacment. 

Weston & Sampon has been contracted by the Town to complete the engineering work. 

Construction is anticipated late summer of 2021. 

The Town will apply for a second grant through the Department of Ecological Restoration (DER) for funding to complete the engineering to replace the culvert and a third grant though the Municipal Vulnerability Prepardness program for the culvert replacment itself. 

The total estimated cost of work is $3.5 million.  

Check back for updates as this project moves forward.