Town Of Bedford: Upcoming Paving Schedule

Bedford MA

19 July, 2021

1:00 PM

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Press release from the Town of Bedford: July 19, 2021 - 11:17am Please see below for the upcoming paving schedule. Dates are approximate and subject to weather. Updates will be posted on the DPW website, Facebook, and Twitter. Thank you for your patience.  Please contact the Department of Public Works at (781) 275-7605 if you have any questions or need additional information.  Traffic will be managed by the police on-site; please anticipate delays and plan your trips on these roads accordingly. Vehicle access in and out of properties will be maintained but may be restricted for short periods. Emergency vehicles and vehicles for Town services (trash collection, etc.) will always have access at all times. Work hours will be 7 AM to 4 PM. Please drive carefully and adhere to traffic rules and signages in construction zones. Police will be present during this work but some delays and lane closures can be expected, temporary detours will be marked and signage setup for vehicular traffic. Micro paving: July 16th and later  Shawsheen Road Old Billerica, Route 62 to town line (except "S" curve near Autumn Drive) Burlington Road (Old Billerica to joint just past Hume Road) Pinehill Road Micro surfacing/ micropaving/ micropavement is a surface treatment designed to extend the life of asphalt pavements in good condition by providing skid resistance, restricting moisture intrusion, protecting the structure from further oxidation and raveling, and restoring a uniform black appearance.  It fixes minor deformities in the road but isn't used for larger structural issues. As the overall condition index of Bedford's roads improves, more treatments like micro surfacing will be used as a component of the paving maintenance program. Fog seal: July 19th-23rd Carlisle Road Chelmsford Road Old Billerica (the "S" curve and from Noreen to town line) Middlesex turnpike (town line to approximately pump station) Plank Streeet Shawsheen Ave South Road, Great to Loomis Hartwell Rd, South to the Edge Loomis Street DeAngelo Drive Springs Road, from VA to Middlesex driveway Fog seal applications serve to seal narrow cracks, slightly restore lost flexibility to the pavement surface, provide a deep, rich black pavement surface color, and most importantly help preserve the underlying pavement structure. A fog seal is an application of a specially formulated asphalt emulsion (a thin liquid oil) to an existing asphalt pavement surface. A fog seal gets its name from its spray application, sometimes referred to as "fogging." Full depth reclamation: Week of July 26th Hill Road Franklin Road Orchard Road Sunset Road Alaska Ave Oregon Ave The Reclamation process is one of DPW's routine methods for reconstructing neighborhood roadways. This will involve adjusting structures like manholes / catch basins. The pavement will be pulverized in place, graded and resurfaced in two courses. Cold in Place is a relatively new technique that mills approximately 6 inches of the existing asphalt, rejuvenates the material and immediately repaves the roadway. In addition to recycling the material in place, this process allows traffic to be back on the roadway within an hour. However, the roadway must then have the final course of asphalt applied a week later.  Mill & Overlay: Late August/Early September Burlington Road (Crosby Drive to town line) Oak Park Drive This press release was produced by the Town of Bedford. The views expressed here are the author's own.