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MassDOT to Town: High Construction Skowhegan, Maine, Bids Causing Schell Bridge Project Delay Pauses Talk On New Kennebec River Span A series of development projects in Skowhegan, Maine, are complicating proposals for a second bridge across the Kennebec River that advocates say is needed to address long-standing concerns about traffic congestion. The Kennebec Journal reported Feb. 1 that Skowhegan’s board of selectmen decided to table any action on bridge construction plans, saying the process should not be rushed and that several factors must be considered, including plans for a new school for School Administrative District 54, a Run of River whitewater park, and for Bigelow Brewing’s expansion into downtown Skowhegan, as well as projects involving the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT). “All of these projects are going to affect our traffic not just now but, in the future,” said board member Steve Govoni at a meeting in late January. “We’re trying to understand what [the town] is going to look like with all of these projects in place with existing infrastructure.” Govoni updated the board on a recommendation from the selectmen’s bridge committee that the town move forward Built to carry a rail line across the Connecticut River in 1903, the Schell Bridge has been closed due to degradawith two options for a bridge, “with the caveat that we also tion in its steel truss members for the last 37 years. move forward with a Village Partnership Initiative [through The Massachusetts Department of Transportation Wagner said the Northfield Selectboard, which appointed MaineDOT].” According to the Journal, the goal of the new initiative is (MassDOT) has assured the town of Northfield that it is not the advisory committee to offer support and advice for the to address a range of projects from small safety improveavoiding the reconstruction of the 119-year-old Schell project, will discuss the letter at its next meeting. 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Lavallee, deputy administrator and chief engineer with MassDOT’s recent letter to Northfield also said that the sions on the bridge project Feb. 22. MassDOT’s Highway Division, sent a letter to Northfield agency understood and sympathized with the bridge projVillage Weighing Two Bridge Proposals Town Administrator Andrea Llamas earlier in the month to ect’s status, and Llamas’ requirement to report back to the A feasibility study wrapped up last fall, after which two explain construction bids were currently too expensive. Selectboard. In addition, it explained that the department recShe wrote that the department’s estimated construction ognized Northfield’s hard work to make the project a reality. options were presented that officials said would best address cost was approximately $25 million, and the lowest bid Those efforts included the town’s attempts, dating to the the needs of the town: one for a span extending into downreceived was slightly more than $40 million. 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Those factors combined have helped to drive the tributions in terms of acquiring right-of-way and easements. price upward,” Lavallee wrote. “That said — and this is an “We at MassDOT still see a value in having a cycle/pedes- built near the Great Eddy (a wide place in the Kennebec important difference — the project is not cancelled, only the trian crossing of the Connecticut River here, given that it River below a series of rapids) and provide roadway conneccurrent bid for it is.” would create connections among the Franklin County tions between U.S. Highway 201 and U.S. Highway 2. It MassDOT must now, according to its own highway Bikeway, Connecticut River Scenic Byway and Bay State would be less expensive, according to the study’s findings — department regulations, as well as those of the Federal Greenway bicycle trail, which are not currently otherwise coming in at about $25.5 million — and would have a relatively low impact on abutters. 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Major Renovation of Marlborough Public Library Begins After demolishing an existing portion of the Marlborough, Mass., public library, a construction team is replacing it with a new structure that will update library technology.
Demolition of the existing 1960s portion of the building has been completed and excavation of new building footings has begun. MARLBOROUGH from page 1
bond that was approved by the city and a $10 million grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. The Marlborough Rotary Club also donated $25,000. “The library is an integral part of the Marlborough community and the Rotary Club is pleased to be able to support such an important project during its Centennial year,” Rotary Club President Aaron Aykanian said in a press release. “Demolition of the existing 1960s portion of the building has been completed and excavation of new building footings has begun,” Gill noted. Most of the existing building will be demolished and replaced with a 16,000 sq. ft. addition, while the historic façade of the library and its front rooms, built through a donation by Andrew Carnegie, will remain, according to a report in The Community Advocate. The newly-renovated library will be ADA compliant and feature new study rooms, meeting rooms and a 200-seat M. O’Connor Contracting, West Roxbury, Mass., is the contractor on the job, which is paid for with a $24 million auditorium, according to a report by bond that was approved by the city and MetroWest Daily News. a $10 million grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library R. Drayton Fair of LLB Architects Commissioners. designed the library renovation as a threelevel building with two levels and a belowground space, The Community Advocate expanded space for children and teens, reported. The first floor will add a café area updated technology, community meeting and a public elevator with circulation, staff space and more parking. rooms, a reference desk, a local history “The library aspires to be the engine that room, a study area and tutoring rooms. The creates and sustains community in second floor will include areas dedicated to Marlborough,” Cardello said. preschool, children and young adults. Glass “The new facility will be a library that walls will partition off the preschool area for retains the beautiful historic elements of the security reasons. The below ground level existing Carnegie building,” the will have a city meeting room and storage Marlborough Library Foundation stated. “It areas. will continue to be an anchor to downtown Construction started in October and is proMarlborough, providing easy access for all jected to be completed in May 2023. residents and visitors. It will offer more comKomatsu and Volvo excavators are being munity meeting spaces, including areas for used on the project. Other construction Construction started in October and is projected to be completed in May 2023. quiet study; improved technology infrastrucequipment includes two stone processing ture; full ADA compliance; much-needed machines that are working in tandem to produce the structur- and experience, according to Margaret Cardello, the library’s expanded parking; and LEED [Leadership in Energy and al fill, a lull for moving material and a ground heating unit director. M. O’Connor Contracting has been proactive about Environmental Design] certification for efficiency and susordering materials, so the project's timeline has not been that keeps the ground thawed for footing placement. tainability.” M. O’Connor Contracting, which built Bolton, Webster, affected by any pandemic-related supply chain issues, The library will remain operational through the renovation Stoughton and the recently completed Norwell Public according to Cardello. with a temporary home at the Walker Building just a few The new fully handicapped accessible building will have Library, was selected for the Marlborough job based on fee CEG steps down Main Street from the main library.
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MaineDOT Will Make Final Decision Martin Rooney, a project manager of MaineDOT, told selectmen his agency will need to review a myriad of considerations before making any final determination, the Journal reported. “If the second bridge went forward, it would be one of, if not the largest, new piece of transportation infrastructure in the state,” he said. “I know we’ve talked about a second bridge since the 1960s,” he added. “Some people say it’s needed tomorrow, some people say it’s not needed. From a Skowhegan standpoint, a Somerset County standpoint, and a state of Maine standpoint, how we move forward is significant and we should take our time.” When asked whether the town can reserve the right to pull the project, Rooney did not directly respond but reminded selectmen that MaineDOT has obligations to the state and
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