The City’s Engineering Division is leading efforts to upgrade water mains on streets across East Somerville.
Ensuring water mains remain in good working order is essential to the City’s ability to deliver clean water to residents and to ensuring that enough water is available at any given time for effective fire suppression.
Older pipes are more prone to leaks and other issues. They also often suffer from tuberculation, a form of corrosion, which reduces the amount of water that the pipe can supply. By periodically updating the water delivery systems, ensures we can deliver more water, more reliably.
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Work began earlier this fall and is currently underway on the following streets:
- Minnesota Ave.
- Illinois Ave.
This project will take place on streets east of McGrath Highway. See below for a full map of the project area and list of affected streets.
These streets are ones where the existing water main was identified as being in need of repair through previous inspection.
| Street | Status | Street | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Ave. | Upcoming | Illinois Av. | Ongoing |
| Blakely Ave. | Upcoming | Indiana Ave. | Upcoming |
| Connecticut Ave. | Upcoming | Maine Ave. | Upcoming |
| MInnesota Ave. | Ongoing | Maine Terrace | Upcoming |
| Wisconsin Ave. | Upcoming | Austin St. | Upcoming |
| Rhode Island Ave. | Upcoming | Mystic Ave. | Upcoming |
| Vermont Ave. | Upcoming | Cutter St. | Upcoming |
| New Hampshire Ave. | Upcoming | Brook St. | Upcoming |
| McArthur St. | Upcoming | Everett Ave. | Upcoming |
| Ellsworth St. | Upcoming | Pearl St. | Upcoming |
| Flint Ave. | Upcoming | Arlington St. | Upcoming |
| Hathorn St. | Upcoming | Pennsylvania Ave. | Upcoming |
Anticipated impacts:
- Periodic road closures and detours may be required while work is underway on particular streets
- Access will be retained for residents and emergency vehicles
- On-street parking restrictions will be in place to facilitate work.
- Please observe posted signage.
- Water Service Interruptions - Brief interruptions to water service will be required during the project.
- Notification for water interruptions will be provided 48 hours in advance via flyer and City alerts.
- Temporary Water Bypass - Some residences may require temporary water bypass to be installed to ensure continued delivery of water service while new mains are installed.
- Additional notification will be provided to residents prior to installation.
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