Grove Street Reconstruction

Project Update for November 2021

The Contractor will complete paving the driveway aprons by the end of the second week of November. Most of the sidewalks will also be completed at this time, except for a section of the sidewalk on the northbound travel side of Grove Street between Hampden Street and Dana Hall due to the ongoing utility pole work. This work will be completed sometime in the spring 2022. Loaming and mulching the disturbed ground areas will also be completed during the second week, but grass seeding must wait until the spring due to the season. Street signage is expected to be completed by the end of the second week of November as well.

The pavement marking work is schedule for Sunday night, November 7^th between the hours of 8pm-5am, weather permitting. Please avoid traveling on Grove St during these hours. Police details will be present to help with vehicle and pedestrian traffic.  Give yourself extra travel time or use alternative routes if possible while traveling in this area.

Project update for October 2021

The final roadway paving has been completed. The Contractor will now focus on paving the driveway aprons and sidewalks for 3-4 days starting on Friday October 22^nd.. Pavement markings and new signage is schedule to be installed during the last week of October, weather permitting. Grass areas that were disturbed as a result of the construction activities will be loam and seeded or mulched after the completion of the driveway aprons and sidewalks.

Please continue to anticipate sidewalk closures and traffic delays. Police details will be present to help with vehicle and pedestrian traffic.  Please give yourself extra travel time or use alternative routes if possible while traveling in this area.

Project update for October 14, 2021

NOTICE

ROADWAY PAVING OCTOBER 18th and 19th

The Department of Public Works would like to provide an update on the Grove Street Reconstruction project between Spring Street and the Needham Town Line. The Town Contractor is presently preparing the roadway subbase for final paving. The preparation work involves adjusting the existing utility castings to the proper height and placing an underlying Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayer (SAMI) over the existing roadway pavement. This work is expect to be complete by Thursday, October 14. 

The final paving work is schedule for Monday and Tuesday nights, October 18 & 19, subject to acceptable weather conditions. Work hours for the final paving will be between the hours of 8:00 PM and 5:00 AM. Detours and detour signage will be set up on Grove Street during the final paving work and access to Grove Street will be limited. Police details will be on-site.  

Project update for October 5, 2021

NOTICE

ROADWAY PAVING OCTOBER 17th and 18th

The Department of Public Works would like to provide an update on the Grove Street Reconstruction project between Spring Street and the Needham Town Line. The Town Contractor is presently preparing the roadway subbase for final paving. The preparation work involves adjusting the existing utility castings to the proper height and placing an underlying Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayer (SAMI) over the existing roadway pavement. This work is expect to be complete by Thursday, October 14. 

The final paving work is schedule for Sunday and Monday nights, October 17 & 18, subject to acceptable weather conditions. Work hours for the final paving will be between the hours of 8:00 PM and 5:00 AM. Detours and detour signage will be set up on Grove Street during the final paving work and access to Grove Street will be limited. Police details will be on-site.  

Project update for September 20, 2021

NOTICE

ROADWAY Milling September 26^th through 28^th 

 The Department of Public Works would like to provide an update on the Grove Street Reconstruction project.  Work is progressing on schedule and the roadway milling work is scheduled for Sunday night September 26^th thru Tuesday night September 28^th, subject to acceptable weather conditions. Work will take place on Grove Street between Spring Street and the Needham Town Line.  Work hours will be between the hours of 8:00 PM and 5:00 AM. Police details will be on-site during the work hours.  Detours and detour signage will be setup on Grove Street during work periods and access to Grove Street will be limited.  

Project Update for September 2021

The Grove Street Reconstruction project is ongoing. The curbing work between Benvenue St and Spring St has been completed. The sidewalk work is ongoing between Beard Way and Spring St. and the contractor is presently installing concrete wheel chair ramps at all crosswalk locations within the street intersections. Once these ramps are completed the sidewalk will be repaved with a final top course.

Work to realign the Dover Rd intersection continues. The Town is waiting for Comcast and Verizon to relocate their utility lines off the old poles and onto the new poles. Once this work is completed, the old poles will be removed. 

The Town is expecting night work between the hours of 8PM to 5AM during the last 2-3 nights of September. This work will involve pavement milling in which 2 inches of the old pavement surface will be ground off creating temporary shallow ridges in the underlying pavement. The ridges will then be paved at a later date in October.  The milling work will involve large heavy machinery and dump trucks and will require road closures during the operations.

Please continue to anticipate sidewalk closures and traffic delays. Police details will be present to help with vehicle and pedestrian traffic.  Please give yourself extra travel time or use alternate routes if possible while traveling in this area.

Project Update for August 2021

Curbing work between Benvenue St and Spring Street is nearing completion. The Dover Rd intersection realignment, roadway and sidewalk work between Benvenue St and the Needham Town line will continue into September. Please anticipate sidewalk closures as work is still in progress.   Police details will be present to help with vehicle traffic.  Please allow for extra travel time or use alternative routes if possible while traveling in this area.

NOTICEMay 27, 2021

Grove Street Reconstruction Project

Preparation for the Grove Street Reconstruction Project will begin on Monday, June 14, 2021 and the construction is expected to start July 1, 2021. The limits of the work will be from the Needham Town Line to 51 Grove Street, which is slightly short of Spring Street. The length of the project is 1¼ mile long.

A number of proposed improvements are included in the project. The Grove Street and Dover Road intersection will be realigned so that Dover Road intersects Grove Street almost perpendicularly, requiring vehicles approaching Grove Street from Dover Road to come to a full stop before entering Grove Street.

Work will also include the installation of granite and bituminous curbing, along with hot mix asphalt sidewalks, cement concrete wheelchair ramps to meet current ADA standards, modifications to the roadway drainage system, cross walks, and new signs. Other improvements are pavement milling and overlay and bicycle markings. The Town will construct a new sidewalk on the east side of Grove Street from Longmeadow Road to Beard Way

The work is being done by Lorusso Corporation and their subcontractors, under the direction of the Town of Wellesley Department of Public Works.   

A majority of the construction work will take place Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Paving, milling and line-striping work will be performed between the hours of 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM sometime late summer or early fall. Police details will be onsite during the project to minimize impacts to traffic and other roadway functions. Two lane traffic will be maintained throughout the majority of the project, although, there may be lane closures and shifts to provide ample construction area for the contractor to perform the work. Night work will require roadway closures. For the safety of the roadway workers and to minimize traffic in the area, please consider using alternative routes during construction hours.  

The Department of Public Works will provide periodic updates to this project on the Town's home page (www.wellesleyma.gov), under the “Government” menu, scroll and select “Public Works” and then “Projects” menu located on the upper left side.  We encourage anyone impacted by this project to sign up to receive Public Works Project Updates via email at www.wellesleyma.gov/list.aspx.  Sign in to subscribe by entering your email address, then go to News Flash and choose Grove Street Reconstruction Project. You are also encouraged to register for emergency alerts and traffic updates (email / text message) from the Wellesley Police Department.

It is our intent to minimize the disruption of your normal routines as best we can. If you have questions at any time during the duration of the project, call the DPW Engineering Division at 781-235-7600.

Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation.