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Council green-lights $850,000 in road work to finish Goodrich Drive neighborhood restoration
Summary
The council approved two purchase orders — $475,000 to Tilcon and $375,000 to General Paving — to complete paving and related drainage/curb work in the Goodrich Drive neighborhood after utility companies' infrastructure work revealed degraded curbing and underlying base issues; utilities will reimburse a large portion of the cost, town engineer said.
The Wethersfield Town Council voted to authorize two allocations Oct. 6 to complete a neighborhood restoration on Goodrich Drive and surrounding streets after utility-milling exposed unstable curb and pavement base.
Derek Greger, the town engineer, described the work as a restoration driven by prior utility projects: "Their agreement was they were going to come and mill and overlay the roads... but the infrastructure in that area is very old," he said, adding that extensive curb replacement and additional repairs were needed. Greger said the town assumed responsibility for the project to ensure a lasting product and that the utility partners (MDC and a gas utility) will reimburse roughly $420,000 of the work.
Council approved allocating $475,000 to Tilcon, Connecticut, Inc. to complete mill-and-overlay restoration and authorized $375,000 to General Paving Inc. for drainage and ancillary construction tasks. The town manager and engineer said the work will come from the pavement-maintenance account and that next year the paving program will be scaled to compensate for increased spending this season.
Councilors asked whether policy changes were needed on curb replacement during mill-and-overlay projects; Greger explained the town’s long-standing approach to balance curb replacement against covering a larger number of roads, and said the scale of curb deterioration in Goodrich Drive warranted full replacement now to avoid repeated short-term fixes.
The motions passed by voice vote. The town expects most of the expense to be reimbursed by the utilities under separate agreements, with the town fronting the costs and submitting for reimbursement.
