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Alton selectmen approve $70,840 culvert relining project, direct homeowner options for private repairs
Summary
The Alton Board of Selectmen approved a $70,840 culvert relining project May 13 and waived the town’s three-bid requirement for the specialized work; DPW also advised a homeowner with a drainage complaint on Stockbridge Corner Road about private remedies and a maintenance agreement.
The Alton Board of Selectmen voted May 13 to approve repair work and a purchasing-policy waiver to reline large culvert pipes on a town road, and discussed a separate homeowner’s drainage complaint on Stockbridge Corner Road.
Public Works Director Seth told the board the pipes at the Hermit Road (project described in packet as Olvette on Permit Road) location are deep — “40, 45 feet in the ground” — and roughly 90 feet long. Because of depth and length, conventional open-cut replacement is impractical, he said, and DPW solicited specialty quotes for cured-in-place relining and HDPE sliplining. Seth described two approaches: a cured-fiberglass pull-in-place method and a fused HDPE liner that is pulled or pushed through the existing pipe and then grouted in the annular space. He said the HDPE option would likely…
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