Department of Public Works Director Joseph Aberdale said at the October 24 Select Board meeting that the temporary prefabricated replacement bridge on Division Street should be ready by Thanksgiving.
Tag: Division Street bridge
‘Brown Bridge’ construction to start soon, expected to conclude by July 2021
The good news is the bridge will remain open to two-way traffic during construction. The lanes will be narrowed to provide adequate workspace safety and staging areas for materials.
Alan Chartock: I Publius
It is always amazing that something as unplanned as seeing a solitary goose and getting a kind letter can mean so much.
Great Barrington budget to rise nearly 5 percent; private EMS service seeks $132,000 donation
The operating total does not include the town’s contribution toward the annual budget of the Berkshire Hills Regional School District, the school committee of which has yet to adopt its own budget, though its deliberations started Thursday night.
I Publius: A conversation with Murray
“Sure enough, maybe because of your prompting, the previous gloom and doom turned to a more optimistic plan. I’m proud of you, Pops. I think you made it happen.”
Murray, the world’s smartest dog
Strategy for keeping Division Street bridge open
In his letter Lou Moscatello writes: “Install a camera system similar to what many cities do to catch red-light runners.”
Town considers ’emergency repair’ to Division Street span, releases plans for Brown Bridge upgrade
Town manager Mark Pruhenski acknowledged that the costs for the emergency repair of the Division Street bridge, which are currently unknown, would be in addition to whatever it costs to perform a permanent repair or replacement.
It’s Not That Simple: Reader questions
To be clear, the town doesn’t recruit specific industries to town. Rather, it attempts to create the right business and development environment in which businesses can start and prosper.
Great Barrington’s cannabis quandary: What to do with that pot revenue?
Proposals for how to use the cannabis revenue windfall will be discussed by the selectboard and the finance committee in the upcoming deliberations for next year’s budget, with voters having the final say on how to spend free cash at the annual town meeting in May.
Great Barrington Master Plan anticipated infrastructure upgrades
The town’s Master Plan recommended that bridge repairs be prioritized in the town’s five-year capital improvement plans. The town has taken action about its deficient bridges in priority order as the Plan recommended.
Alan Chartock: I Publius — a bridge too far
Our bridges are dropping like flies. The whole thing has gotten ridiculous.
It’s Not That Simple: What’s in a name?
When boards are making decisions about what “we” want, the first “we” they have to think about is Town Meeting.
Town Hall Briefs: Ailing bridges, traffic nightmares and other tales of woe
Whether one lane of the Brown Bridge is closed during construction or whether it is shut down altogether, the construction will be a major disruption to traffic, especially considering the fact that the town-owned Division Street bridge was closed by the state in the second week of September.
Great Barrington residents vent about speeding, ‘scandalous’ bridge closures
At Monday’s Great Barrington Selectboard meeting at the Claire Teague Senior Center, concerns ranged from traffic, speeding, and the impact the closure of the Division Street and Cottage Street bridges are having on businesses and residents alike.
It’s Not That Simple: Coming apart at the seams?
Why are our bridges failing? Whose fault is it and why is nothing done until it’s too late? Not surprisingly, part of the problem is money. It costs $4-5 million to replace a bridge so it isn’t something the town takes lightly.
Sore feelings evident after selectboard decision not to close crumbling Lake Mansfield Road
At issue is the fact that the Conservation Commission, which, on the local level, enforces the state Wetlands Protection Act, is also charged with enforcing the town’s own wetland bylaw, which is somewhat more stringent than the state law.
Officials: Temporary repair to Cottage Street bridge out of the question
Town manager Mark Pruhenski told the audience that such a move might force the town alone to pay the costs of replacement.
News Briefs: Division Street bridge to close to vehicular traffic; federal grant for Lee firefighters
Barriers and detour signage will be installed to alert drivers to the closure of the Division Street bridge over the Housatonic River. The bridge will remain open to pedestrian and bike traffic.
No temporary fix: Cottage Street bridge to be closed for five years
Though the vote was unanimous to keep the bridge closed, selectboard Chairman Steve Bannon said the board could always change its mind if there was a groundswell of objections from neighbors.
Surprise: Discord notably absent from town, school budget processes
The Berkshire Hills school committee is expected to vote Thursday night to approve its own spending proposal of $26.2 million. The vote to approve it is almost a foregone conclusion after last week’s quiet and harmonious public hearing.
Of plastic bottles and ‘marijuana wars’: a Great Barrington year in review
2018 has provided enough Great Barrington news to keep journalists busy and observers of town politics highly amused, signaling that the community dubbed “best small town in America” by Smithsonian Magazine continues to be a place in transition.
Division Street bridge rating downgraded by state, now deemed ‘structurally deficient’
The rickety-looking bridge has long been the subject of complaints and concerns of nearby residents and passersby who have questioned its structural integrity and the appropriateness of allowing large vehicles such as dump trucks and semi-tractor trailers to rumble over its pockmarked decking.