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CTDOT Begins Study On How to Improve I-95 Between Branford, Rhode Island Border Interstate 95 near the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, a link between the Connecticut towns of Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, carried an average of 40,000 vehicles a day in the late 1950’s.

By 2016, that number more than doubled to 97,000 vehicles daily, and is projected to increase to 126,000 vehicles in 2045.

The Day, New London’s daily news source, reported those increases are among the challenges facing state

Department of Transportation (CTDOT) officials, who recently began a new study of I-95 from Branford east to the border with Rhode Island designed to find both the shortand long-term solutions needed to address traffic demands on the freeway.

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MassDOT Details Beginning of I-495/I-90 Interchange Work

A view of the proposed reconstructed interchange and ramps, looking east.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently held a virtual meeting detailing the beginning of the construction phase of the remodeled interchange between Interstate 495 and Interstate 90, which straddles the towns of Hopkinton and Westborough southwest of Boston.

As part of the project, one of Hopkinton’s two Fruit Street bridges is undergoing reconstruction (the other currently is being redesigned). The result is that the area is closed to traffic and will remain so for a few more months, MassDOT told the Hopkinton Independent.

“The Fruit Street bridge will be replaced in two major stages,” explained Donald Cooke, the project’s design manager of Watertown-based engineering firm VHB. He added the Hopkinton bridge construction will be performed with one alternating lane of traffic open during the building period. Roadway, utility work and landscaping are all included.

Nearby, the upper part of the structure of the Flanders Bridge in Westborough will be replaced as well, Cooke noted.

During the question-and-answer period, Barry Lorion, MassDOT’s District 3 highway director of central Massachusetts, clarified that there are two projects that involve Fruit Street. Separate from the first project is the ongoing reconstruction of the second Fruit Street bridge.

One commuter to Hopkinton, George Allegrezza, noted the current steep incline at the merge point to get onto I-495 south. He told MassDOT there is a “very tight radius”

to get into this incline and a narrow merge lane which is difficult for delivery trucks to navigate.

“Traffic following the trucks tends to pop out, move left one or two lanes, and accelerate quite rapidly up the hill,” he explained, while expressing his hope that the new configuration would address the issue.

In answering Allegrezza’s concern, Cooke explained that all the radii for the ramps were tight because people had to stop to pay their tolls manually.

“I could tell you with some confidence that every one of the ramps will have better radii more suited to the speed that people would like to drive — not high speed,” he said.

Because of the sheer traffic volume, Fruit Street project will not include accelerated bridge replacement strategies because the bridges need to remain open. In urban projects, Cooke noted that a bridge structure could be closed for a weekend for more rapid construction, but that is not feasible in this case.

Congestion, Poor Geometry Led to Interchange Rebuild Interestingly, the I-495/I-90 Interchange Improvement project is the first complete interstate-to-interstate interchange effort that the transportation agency has undertaken in its history.

“This is one of the largest projects that MassDOT has ever advertised for construction since its inception in 2009,” Lorion said.

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More than 200,000 vehicles pass by or through the interchange on an average day, according to MassDOT, which includes 50 percent of the state’s commercial traffic. The need for a reconfiguration of the interchange arose after the removal of toll booths and the installation of the E-Z Pass electronic tolling system.

The goal of the nearly $300 million project is to alleviate what Lorion called “chronic congestion” and correct “substandard geometry” that currently contributes to crashes and rollovers on both roadways, the Hopkinton news source reported Nov. 30.

To improve those issues, the roadways’ on-ramps and off-ramps will be lengthened to provide smoother access for vehicles, and traffic no longer will have to weave through the old toll areas once the project is complete.

MassDOT terms the I-495/I-90 interchange upgrade as a design-build project because construction and design elements will happen simultaneously over the course of the next five years. Public meetings will be scheduled to explain the process throughout the build, the state agency’s team members said in November.

“We will completely replace the interchange, and it will be unrecognizable from what you see today,” Lorion noted.

Work to Begin Before New Year Cooke said construction will begin before the end of the year on I-90’s on-ramps and off-ramps. Fiber optic cables will move from

the median of I-90 to outside its westbound shoulder, as well as from I-495’s median from the Massachusetts Pike/I-90 to outside of I-495 southbound.

The current three-lane configuration for each direction of the two interstates will remain, he added. A temporary lane will be installed to help traffic flow during the construction period, the Hopkinton news source learned. Additionally, the number of lanes will not be increased by the project because of the proximity of sensitive environmental resource areas, including Whitehall Brook, and other wetlands and floodplains.

The bridges over Whitehall Brook in Hopkinton and the MBTA commuter rail station in Southborough are slated to be completely replaced, Cooke continued, adding there will be “minor horizontal and vertical changes” for the new single-lane ramps. Where the on-ramps and off-ramps converge, they will form double lanes.

New construction will take place on I-495 northbound within the existing median, Cooke made public, while the southbound side will stay as it is. This allows space for the staging of traffic throughout the construction period, he said. Crews will build an auxiliary lane northbound from the interchange to Massachusetts Route 9, and there will be a new direct lane from I-495 northbound to I-90 eastbound.

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Additionally, building a new connector will rely on this route,” said Pamela Duchene, chief improve access to SVMC ExpressCare, the nursing officer and vice president of Patient Care Services. operational flow and wayfinding on its campus. Besides Respiratory Evaluation Center and the hospital’s Medical “We are asking them to please use the canopy entrance for expanding the SVMC complex, the effort will include Office Building. hospital appointments during the construction and appreci- parking and access road improvements.

An alternate construction ramp will be available to staff, SVMC’s Emergency Department Renovation and who also will be able to aid patients experiencing an emerate their patience with this important project.”

The temporary canopy entrance can be accessed using Expansion will nearly double the size of the current facil- gency that requires more direct access to the ED. the second right turn for folks entering the hospital campus ity, originally designed to accommodate 14,000 patient The renovation and expansion project at SVMC is to be from Dewey Street. It is the preferred entrance for people visits a year. However, the medical center currently sees complete and have its grand opening in early 2024, offiusing not only the ED, but reaching various laboratories, nearly 25,000 people annually, SVMC announced on its cials said. and imaging, surgical, endoscopy and sleep studies facili- website.

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Connecticut Looks to Improve Safety Along Stretch of I-95 STUDY from page 1

Connecticut Planning and Environmental Linkages Study, which started earlier this year.

The study came at a time when the corridor area was projected to see an 18 percent population growth and 26 percent employment growth between 2016 and 2050, a faster pace than Connecticut overall, Krista Goodin, project manager with CDM Smith, told The Day. Goodin said the I-95 corridor from Branford to Rhode Island was examined in 2004, and again in 2018. Both studies identified the need for additional capacity to address increasing congestion, and improvements were recommended, including widening the highway in some areas and safety and design improvements at interchanges.

The state agency is intending the study to “consider environmental, community and economic goals early in the transportation planning process” and “use the information, analysis and products developed during planning to inform and streamline the transportation project development and environmental review process,” according to the

project website.

The examination also is “intended to provide the framework for the long-term implementation of transportation improvements as funding becomes available.”

Several Upgrades Needed to Make I-95 Safer The Day reported that Becca Hall, CDM Smith’s deputy project manager, outlined issues with the corridor, where many of the shoulders are too narrow, six bridges are in poor condition, and nearly half of the interchanges, including Exits 86 and 87 in Groton, are spaced together too closely.

The 59-mi.-long stretch of I-95 under review has five lefthand on- and off-ramps, which can lead to slower traffic in the left lane, Hall said. In addition, 70 percent of the off-ramps and 55 percent of the on-ramps are too short, which causes drivers to slow down on the highway. Another 40 off-ramps and 33 on-ramps have curves that are too

tight, and the highway itself has steep grades and seven curves that are too tight.

Citing the Connecticut Crash Data Repository, Hall noted there were 2,925 crashes in the study area from 2018-2020.

About a quarter of the accidents resulted in an injury, with 19 proving fatal. During summer weekends, crashes were 67 percent higher than the state’s annual average.

CTDOT and CDM Smith said they have gathered and analyzed data on the corridor but stressed that there are no specific recommendations at this phase of the study.

In response to questions from residents and commuters about bottlenecks on I-95 in East Lyme, Scott Harley of CDM Smith said the team noted several highway issues in that area, including narrow shoulders, steep vertical grades, and tight spacing between all the ramps at Exits 74, 75 and 76. For example, the northbound Exit 76 off-ramp is on the left side, which is opposite of what drivers expect as most off-ramps in Connecticut are on the right side.

Harley noted that next spring, CTDOT plans to begin a project centered around the reconstruction of I-95’s Exit 74 interchange, including the replacement of the bridge carrying the freeway over Connecticut Route 161. At the same time, the design team will continue to investigate solutions to reduce congestion and improve safety along this section of I-95, he said.

Goodin announced that a final report on improving the I-95 corridor from Branford to Rhode Island is slated to be complete by the fall of 2023. 

Old Bridge Connecting Two States to Close for Repairs Upper Connecticut River Valley residents are facing an 18-month closure of the bridge that connects East Thetford, Vt., with Lyme, N.H., and many of them attending a Nov. 28 meeting hosted by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) to address the project expressed their unhappiness about it.

New Hampshire already has the $11 million project, funded mostly with federal dollars, under contract with a Massachusettsbased construction company, reported the Valley News, a daily news source based in Lebanon, N.H. Residents from both states packed into the auditorium at Thetford Academy in Thetford Center, Vt., to hear NHDOT officials walk through their decision-making process, as well as the timeframe for construction and traffic control plans at the crossing site.

The 85-year-old Lyme-East Thetford Bridge over the Connecticut River is expected to close in either April or May 2023 for refurbishment until the scheduled completion date in late October 2024.

The truss span, constructed in 1937 in what is still a rural part of both states, has the second highest priority in a lineup of almost 100 on New Hampshire’s “red list,” which catalogs the state’s bridges most in need of repair.

The rehabilitation project, which will be performed by New England Infrastructure Inc., of Hudson, Mass., will divert an estimated 2,200 cars a day during construction. Thetford Academy expects to be among the hardest-hit communities by the detours.

“Having to detour to Orford or Hanover will, at a minimum, add up to an hour to our students’ travel time, reducing their ability to meet their educational needs on campus,” Thetford Academy Board President Donna Steinberg wrote in a 2021 letter to Reczek.

Tara Pacht is an office manager at Long Wind Farm, a tomato farm that operates year-round in greenhouses, along with a tai chi business, and all but hugs the Thetford side of the bridge off U.S. Highway 5, west of the river. She told Valley News that the farm has been preparing for the bridge closing for years.

“We definitely agree collectively at Long Wind Farm that the bridge needs to be replaced,” Pacht said.

The closing will affect their business, she added, but that is something she and her husband, Jesse, have expected since attending the first public meeting about the project hosted by NHDOT in 2014.

“We went to those meetings, and we see the updates when they come through. It’s not a surprise for us,” Pacht explained. “It

will impact the tai chi business and our retail stand, but we’re hopeful that people will continue to still find us.”

Many Residents Had Issues With NHDOTÊs Plan According to Valley News, an ad-hoc group has formed, and a letter is circulating between the two communities of East Thetford and Lyme calling for a halt to the bridge closure.

“There’s been a lot of information circulated about this project that’s not necessarily factual,” Jennifer Reczek, the NHDOT’s project manager, said at the meeting. “I look at [this meeting] as more of an educational opportunity. The project is in construction, [and] the contract has been awarded.”

While the project is already under contract, attendees at the Nov. 28 meeting came equipped with apprehensions, criticisms, and suggestions for how they thought the bridge rehab could be done better.

The NHDOT’s Reczek said she has been talking with town officials about the possibilities of adding some business signage “to help get the word out,” but “there’s not an ability to compensate [impacted businesses] directly.”

Due to financial constraints, as well as limitations put on the project by environmental and historical resources in the vicin-

ity of the project — the bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2020 — she noted that erecting a temporary bridge has been ruled out.

The bridge closing “is in keeping with our typical means of addressing traffic control on these Connecticut River crossings,” Reczek said. “Our plan is to close the bridge, get this rehab work done as quickly as we can, and get the bridge reopened.”

Others at the meeting were concerned about how the traffic diversion might add to already high-density commuter areas like Hanover, N.H., which has the nearest river crossing to the south and would add an almost 18-mi., round-trip detour.

“Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot we can do, and the [NHDOT] just said, ‘We’re doing it,’” explained Peter Kulbacki, Hanover’s director of public works, in speaking to the Valley News. “Right now, we have to look at the morning commute — that’s about the time it will be the worst. But I don’t know that NHDOT ever really looked at that.”

New Hampshire transportation officials did not reach out to Hanover about the project, he said.

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Crews Handle, Dispose More Than 10,000 Tons of Debris DEMOLITION from page 1

were single-story high bay foundry buildings — 40-ft. tall in many areas — and also included a multi-story office space.

Due to widespread contamination and deterioration of the entire complex, more than 10,000 tons of debris was handled and disposed of as PCB and asbestos waste.

Waterbury was known as “The Brass City” because it was home to several brass manufacturing plants.

The plant was located at 130 Freight St. and 000 West Main St. After the company vacated the site, it was utilized as a Connecticut regulated waste treatment and soil remediation facility by Environmental Waste Resources, which ceased operations in 2011.

The 130 Freight St. parcel, 10.56 acres, had eight buildings. The demolition for this portion was covered by a $1.5 million Urban Act State of CT grant. The 000 West Main Street parcel is a 3.28 acres.

Waterbury received $2.2 million — $2 million from the State of DECD and $200,000 from an NVCOG EPA RLF grant The plant was located at 130 Freight St. and 000 West Main St. — to pay for the demolition, environmental of the city was returned to the development assessment and remediation on both parcels, use transit-oriented development.”

Costello Dismantling secured the market for a new modern purpose. which are adjacent to each other.

“In the context of this project, creative tra“The two sites were tax delinquent and $2,704,253 demolition and abatement conditional and non traditional asbestos abatethe city took them over in late 2020,” said tract in early 2021.

“The ravages of time, technology and the ment techniques were implemented to facilTommy Hyde, the WDC’s interim director.

“The properties had been abandoned for economy left the 400,000 sq.-ft. complex itate abatement and manage costs,” he quite some time and had become eyesores ‘worth more dead than alive,’” said Dan added. “The familiarity with similar strucfor the community. The sites were very con- Costello, the company’s owner and presi- tures allowed us to select equipment to exetaminated and were subject to the Resource dent. “We developed a plan to decontami- cute the demolition safely and efficiently to Conversation and Recovery Act. The reme- nate and abate asbestos and PCB waste, recover the substantial scrap steel compodiation is still ongoing and it has to be which then allowed demolition and recovery nent of the structures. The scrap credit greatcleaned up to EPA and Connecticut of the massive steel structures that com- ly reduced the overall project costs.”

Costello noted that his firm had a month Department of Energy and Environmental prised the brass mill. The recovered value of Protection standards. The city just acquired the salvaged steel greatly contributed to the to prepare its bid for the project and a plan to an adjacent property at 170 Bridge St. and economic efficiency of the project. In the go with it and after securing the contract, the plan is to convert both sites into a mixed- end, a clean, level land parcel in the middle another month to tighten the plan before the

The majority of the buildings were single-story high bay foundry buildings — 40-ft. tall in many areas.

work began.

“Once we started, it was pretty straight forward,” he said. “We began at one end and worked systematically through the complex.”

Having been closed for many years, all the water, electricity and gas utilities had been shut off. Also, there were no functioning underground utilities spanning the approximately 14-acre site.

“We had plenty of space to set up our operations,” said Costello. “We had field offices via trailers, a site to wash the trucks and space to park our equipment.”

The debris from the demolition was removed from the site on a regular basis.

“Much of the site had deteriorated and the debris was cross-contaminated with asbestos, which is why we had to do a bulk loading scenario,” said Costello, who added that this was a day-shift operation that had approximately 15 employees on site — machinery operators, loader drivers and staff specializing in abatement operations.

To prevent asbestos and other contaminated materials from being blown by the wind, industrial misters were positioned around the work areas.

“There was always a shroud of water during the demolition process,” said Costello.

“We used firehoses and point watering to minimize dust and we had air monitors at the perimeter to verify that no dust was leaving the site. We met all the environmental regulations of the state and municipality.”

Crew members also wore masks as part of site personal protective equipment requirements.

This was an equipment-driven project. A Volvo 750 high-reach excavator with a big shear brought down much of the structure. see DEMOLITION page 18

The plant — 12 interconnected structures, primarily manufacturing facilities, which closed many years ago — is owned by the city and overseen by the Waterbury Development Corporation.

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NEW ENGLAND SUPPLEMENT ADVERTISER INDEX ABLE TOOL & EQUIPMENT ..........................................14 ALTA EQUIPMENT COMPANY/NITCO LLC....................7 BARRY EQUIPMENT CO. INC.......................................20 BOSTON FREIGHTLINER/NEW ENGLAND....................9 CHAPPELL TRACTOR ....................................................6 EQUIPMENT EAST........................................................1,5 FOLEY INC - WORCESTER ............................................1 GORILLA HAMMERS........................................................1 HOLIDAY CENTER SPREAD ....................................10,11 HYUNDAI CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT....................17

Amid Many Challenges, Costello Completes Major Demo Project DEMOLITION from page 16

This was backed up by several Volvo 480 excavators with grapples and shears to process the downed materials. Debris loaded with two Volvo 180E loaders equipped with solid rubber tires for demolition work. Also on site were several Caterpillar 236 skid steers with solid tires and demolition grapple buckets.

“We were well equipped to handle any building structure we came across,” said Costello.

Greg Geyer served as the onsite project manager.

“We always try to be collaborative,” said Costello. “We have very experienced crews that have worked together for many years.

Their concern for safety is paramount.”

In addition to having vehicles washed at the entrance and exit points, vehicles remaining on site were sprayed at a specially set up decontamination pad.

The contaminated material was shipped by truck to specialized landfills in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The steel was thoroughly washed to remove any residue from the

asbestos and other debris.

Costello Dismantling has recently purchased a fair amount of new equipment.

“I don’t recall any issues with the equipment on this project,” said Costello. “We have a fairly new fleet and we have a master mechanic with helpers and support services.”

Much of the equipment is still under warranty and when required, the dealerships send technicians to various work sites.

The project site was approximately 150 mi. from the company’s equipment yard.

The company purchases its Volvo equipment from Woodco Machinery in Woburn, Mass., and its Caterpillar equipment from Milton CAT in Milford, Mass.

The project had its challenges, but all went very well.

“You certainly learn something on every job to help you do the next one better,” said Costello. “We do a lot of this type of work, so we’re well equipped and well-trained to handle big industrial jobs and we do them well.”  CEG (All photos courtesy of Costello Dismantling Co. Inc.)

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Residents Add Their Opinions About Plan to Refurbish Span BRIDGE from page 12

meeting were upset that the 471-ft.-long steel span was merely being refurbished, not renovated with new features, according to the Valley News.

“I’m really disappointed that in the vast bureaucratic approach to what bridge we would get, that it was all environmental and historical concerns [and] that the needs of the community were never addressed,” said Thetford Selectboard member Li Shen.

“You’re giving us a bridge that’s an antique from the past. We need bicycle and pedestrian access as we try to stop climate change. You seem to be telling us the door is shut, it’s all decided, you can’t go back on this. But is there any way we can put a halt on this and reevaluate?”

Delaying Project Would Harm Funding Reczek acknowledged that “the strong need” for some other connection between the two states in that area of the valley is clear, and that NHDOT will work with

regional planning commissions on the issue going forward.

She closed the meeting by addressing calls that the project be punted down the road, emphasizing that the federal money that makes up the bulk of the budget must be spent by a certain date or risk losing it.

“We have spent millions of dollars that would need to be paid back to [the Federal Highway Administration],” Reczek explained. “So, what happens if we don’t do this project? The best case would be construction in 2033, and there’s a likely risk that this bridge could be closed for years before we’d be able to find the funding to do something different.”

Backing out of a contract with “no cause” would be “unprecedented,” Reczek noted, adding it would almost guarantee that the bridge stays closed for longer than currently planned.

“I know this isn’t the answer that people are going to want to hear, but we have to make difficult decisions with the transportation funding we have,” she said. 

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