Woodstock's town council unveiled their DOT/Town of Woodstock Designated Capital Improvements Plan for the summer of 2012 at the Monday, September 12th town council meeting. The town and the provincial Department of Transportation share costs of upgrades to roads owned by the province.
The work will consist of the removal of a blind hill/curve and the replacement of a culvert. The section of the road in question is 130 metres. The road base will be raised by 1.2 metres, a figure calculated by engineers to make sure that little to no impact would be made on surrounding properties.
A culvert carrying water from a small stream which flows through the Woodstock Industrial Park into the Saint John River will be upgraded as well in the planned work.
Engineers have determined that the proposed upgrades will cost the Department of Transportation approximately $125,000. A 280-metre section of Lower Main Street from Upham Street to the Woodstock town limits will also be paved. This section includes the area where the blind hill will be removed. The proposed paving is expected to cost an additional $75,000. The total cost to the Department of Transportation is approximately $200,000.
The town plans to install concrete curb and gutter and a concrete sidewalk from Upham Street to the town limits, along with improvements to the storm sewer on the west side of the same section of Main Street. The costs for the curb and gutter, sidewalk, and storm sewer projects on this section of Main Street will be approximately $160,000. The town will also pay $75,000 for installing curb and gutter and carrying out drainage improvements to Connell Street from Connell Park Road to the NB Power office. The total bill for the town's share of the designated highway improvement costs is $235,000. The section of Connell Street set to receive new curb and gutter in 2012 is planned to be paved in 2013.
Source: The Bugle-Observer
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