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New England 7, March 27. 2024

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After design was completed for three large construction and two building demolition projects in Londonderry, N.H., much of the construction of a new interchange for Exit 4A on I-93 is under way. Weaver Brothers Construction Company of Bow, N.H., was the low bidder with a $45.5 million price tag and became the lead contractor on the project, which has a total project cost of $61.6 million with design and utility relocation costs included; 80 percent of the cost is covered by a federal grant with 20 percent coming from state turnpike toll revenue. Spear Brothers Building Salvage and Wrecking of Laconia, N.H., was the low bidder on the demolition portion of the job, which was completed in 2023 and allows for construction of the interchange to advance more rapidly, according to NHDOT. see INTERCHANGE page 12

NHDOT reported the benefits of the project will be to reduce congestion and improve safety along NH Route 102 and promote economic vitality in the Derry/Londonderry area.

Mass. Town Likely to Remove Dangerous 192-Year-Old Dam Within Two, Three Years One way or another, the 192-year-old Bel Air Dam’s days are numbered. The Pittsfield, Mass., barrier’s practical use as a power generator ended long ago, and it is now an active public safety and environmental hazard silently threatening the city’s North End and West Side. Successive state inspections have declared the dam to be “unsafe,” and if that is not argument enough, the water spraying through gaps in the barrier’s retaining wall — especially when it rains — is particularly alarming. So is the bulge that

inspectors detected in the masonry dam. The only question remaining is: How and when will it be demolished? Officials have known for decades that the Bel Air Dam is a potentially life-threatening hazard, the Berkshire Eagle reported March 11. State officials took its late owner to court 14 years ago in an effort to kick-start maintenance or demolition, to no avail. Given its location on the West Branch of the Housatonic see DAM page 10


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