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Uxbridge staff seek permission for borings to support sewer directional drilling under West River

Uxbridge Conservation Commission · November 3, 2025
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Town engineers proposed a directional-drill route for a sewer force main under the West River that could save about $60,000; staff asked the commission whether exploratory borings and test pits on either side of the river could proceed under exemptions for temporary exploratory work.

At the Nov. 3 meeting the commission heard a proposal to alter the planned sewer route from trenching along Blackstone Street to a shorter directional-drill alignment that crosses under the West River. Paul Huttnack (speaker 5) said the contractor’s change-order proposal could save roughly $60,000 and that the team would need borings and a small number of test pits on the riverbanks to…

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