Work will take about three months to complete.
EASTHAMPTON – As soon as school’s out in June, a Ludlow contractor will begin work in the Everett Street area replacing sewer lines, sidewalks and the road in a long-planned project there.
The city began seeking Community Development Block Grant money in 2009 and received enough for design work, said City Engineer James Gracia.
They city received $895,950 last year in the second phase to begin the project, he said. They city is applying for additional funding to finish the project.
A Pereira Construction Company of Ludlow was awarded the contract and will finish the work in September. He said they wanted to wait until June to begin because Everett Street fairly busy route for bus traffic.
Gracia said the work is long overdue.
The housing there and the infrastructure was built in the 1930s, he said, likely by the West Boylston Company, which initially made felt products but then retooled for the war effort in World War II.
“Everything underground and sidewalks (will be replaced.) They’re tired… it was a good project to rehab.”
The project good for the neighbors and the city, he said. City crews “won’t have to be there every six months or a year. We’ve had to dig things up.
“There’s a lot big trees silver maples, notorious for getting roots into the sewer lines,” he said.
The contractor will be replacing all the mains and service in the Everett Street area. Also the contractor will put in new roads, catch basins, storm drains and sidewalks as well.
While people likely won’t be able to park there during the day, he said they plan to keep one lane of Everett open for through traffic throughout the tree-month project, he said.