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Title: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: wwiihistory on March 02, 2011, 06:00:38 PM

 Noticed surveyors recently and am hoping it will happen.....

anyone know?

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: rod anode on March 02, 2011, 06:05:32 PM

keeping my fingers crossed

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: Shadylane08 on March 03, 2011, 08:25:35 AM

I noticed last fall and into the winter traverse points all along the road from where they ended the work last year so I have to imagine they're planning something.  Surveying is the first step, and by now having a winter to design if something were to happen it would probably start in or around may and june.  We can only hope right?!

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: Henry on March 03, 2011, 08:39:12 AM

Ahhhhhhhh Yes!!!  I travelled good old Route 128 from August 8, 1953 until July 31, 1992, sometimes 7 days a week and each year I hoped that maybe this would be the year that they fixed it all up.  Between 1990 & 1992 they did some major work and got it completed the year I retired in 1992.

Always thought they might have had a better road if they had blacktopped the Woods Hollow Road because in the 39 years I travelled it always got mighty bad in the spring.  The State finally decided that instead of putting up signs that said Frost Heaves they would put one up at each end that said:

FROST HEAVES - NEXT 11 MILES

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: GamingWeasel on March 03, 2011, 09:42:00 AM

That would be great.  I have to travel back & forth on 128 every day to commute to Williston.  The heaves have gotten pretty nasty over the last couple months especially.

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: mkr on March 03, 2011, 11:55:07 AM

It is quite the obstacle course until you get to the new pavement!  I drove my little car yesterday and I was all over the road so my car would not get swallowed up in the "ditches" as I called them last night!

It would be wonderful if they completed the rest of the road! 

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: Stand Alone Defense on March 03, 2011, 01:30:53 PM

I take the intersate now coming home just because it is so rough!!

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: GamingWeasel on March 03, 2011, 02:47:59 PM

Just go really fast so you jump right over all the ditches, a la Dukes of Hazard. ;)

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: markdrapa on March 03, 2011, 09:13:31 PM

I believe I heard at a Westford Selectboard meeting that the work was scheduled for 2011, but will be deferred due to budget constraints.  Note that this is a state funded project, they were just updating the town on the situation.  I recall that the work was 'hoped for' in 2012, but no firm commitment. 

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: Razzle Dazzle on March 04, 2011, 05:33:42 AM

Quote from: markdrapa on March 03, 2011, 09:13:31 PM

I believe I heard at a Westford Selectboard meeting that the work was scheduled for 2011, but will be deferred due to budget constraints.  Note that this is a state funded project, they were just updating the town on the situation.  I recall that the work was 'hoped for' in 2012, but no firm commitment. 

Dang

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: monte198 on March 04, 2011, 01:08:59 PM

Last time i spoke to Whitcomb paving they were scheduled to repave 104 from sam webb to the cambridge line and 128 from where they stopped into essex by the school.  But that all depends on budgets.

If i remember correctly 104 was scheduled to begin first.

Title: Re: Is the southern half of route 128 being repaved this year?
Post by: wwiihistory on March 07, 2011, 09:41:00 AM

Guess we'll have to wait and see....wondering if my wife will pop out the twins early with the way it is now...lets hope not....

I have no doubt the two of them will love to be bounced when they're here...