Pavement Management Plan

Paving Protocol

Paving

A tar-like emulsion is applied on the old surface to enhance contact with the new asphalt. A bottom or leveling course of asphalt is placed by machine curb to curb along the entire roadway. This course reshapes the road reestablishing the crown (the high point almost always in the center) and fills depressions and wheel ruts which have worn and settled over time.

A second crew will then raise the castings (steel catch basin grates and manhole covers) to the anticipated finish elevation. Care should be taken while driving since they will be an inch and a half to two inches above the road surface.

At a later date (Please be patient since scheduling becomes difficult as the summer progresses due to a short construction season) another paving crew will apply the top coat throughout the entire project. At this point in the process, you may notice a substantial difference in height between your old driveway and the new roadway surface. A gap may also be evident along certain areas of your frontage and around some mailboxes. We anticipate and prepare for this.

Final Adjustments

A “finish” crew from the paving company will address each driveway and install by hand an “apron” which will blend the driveway to the new street height.

As always, your patience is very much appreciated.

Local Roads To Be Paved In 2017

• Boucher Road – Chase Road to Dead End
• Gibson Street – Lancaster Avenue to Leominster City Line
• Watt Street – Page Street to Flat Hill Road
• Windward Terr – Beal Street to Dead End
• Crest Avenue – Hollis Road to Dead End
• Savage Dr – Leominster Road to Dead End
• The Lane – Elmwood Road to Mass Avenue
• Rolling Acres Road – Lancaster Avenue to Meadow Lane
• Meadow Lane – Rolling Acres Road to Rolling Acres Road
• Brookview Terr – Valley Road to Dead End
• Gilchrest Street – Northfield Road to Valley Road
• Cliffview Terr – Valley Road to Dead End
• Valley Road – Gilchrest St to Brookview Terr

Main Roads To Be Paved In 2017

• Reservoir Road – Goodrich Road to Page Street
• Arbor Street – Mass Avenue to Page Street

Local Roads To Be Paved In 2018

• Broad Meadow Dr – White Street to Page Hill Road
• Maple Parkway – White Street to Dead End
• Page Hill Road – Broad Meadow Dr to Pearl Brooke Dr
• Pearl Brooke Dr – Broad Meadow Dr to White Street
• Kimball Street – Prospect Street to Pond Street
• Cushing Lane – Turkey Hill Road to Dead End
• Canterbury Dr – Arbor Street to Dead End
• Ramgren Road – Whalom Road to Dead End
• Crocker Avenue – Leominster Town Line to Wilder Road
• Wilder Road – Leominster Town Line to Crocker Avenue
• Autumn Road – Reservoir Road to Dead End
• Houghton’s Mill Road – Reservoir Road to Dead End
• Graham Street – Whalom Road to Summer Street
• Piedmont Avenue – Summer Street to Dead End
• Charlton Street – White Street to Fitchburg Town Line
• Skylark Lane – Beal Street to Dead End

Main Roads To Be Paved In 2018

• White Street – Mass Avenue to Fitchburg Line
• West Street – Electric Avenue to West Street Extension
• Flat Hill Road – Elmwood Road to Reservoir Road
• Sunnyhill Road – West Street to Leominster Road