(Aug. 4, 2016) Berlin officials are reassuring Flower Street residents they have not forgotten their stormwater management problems and have promised that improvements are coming soon.
Town staff and representatives from EA Engineering, Science and Technology Inc. will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9 to provide specific updates on construction of a stormwater management system behind the Shore Up! building, and replacing the Flower Street culvert.
In press release last week, Berlin Mayor Gee Williams said those projects were the “top stormwater priority” in the town, and that following the Maryland Department of the Environment’s approval the projects, they were quickly put out to bid.
“We want to update the neighbors on the construction timelines so they know what to expect over the next several months,” he said.
Town Administrator Laura Allen said bad weather and a busy construction market made it difficult to find a contractor.
Stormwater improvement work could last several months in the area, Allen said, adding that Public Works and Water Resources Director Jane Kreiter was hand-delivering flyers about the public meeting to residents who would be affected.
“Unfortunately, [the project is] going to mean some dust and disruption for the next several months until we get this all situated,” Allen said. “We had hoped to time it so that we could do it in the summer when school was out, but it didn’t work out that way because we weren’t getting responses from contractors that we had hoped. So we’ve gone back out [to bid] several times.
“I don’t have a firm start date yet, but we will at the meeting,” she said.
Allen said part of the project would include “softening” the large L-shaped drainage ditch on Flower Street into an S-shape. The town also will talk about the upcoming Branch Street sidewalk project.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the multipurpose building at 130 Flower Street. For more information, contact the town at 410-641-2770.
Town staff and representatives from EA Engineering, Science and Technology Inc. will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9 to provide specific updates on construction of a stormwater management system behind the Shore Up! building, and replacing the Flower Street culvert.
In press release last week, Berlin Mayor Gee Williams said those projects were the “top stormwater priority” in the town, and that following the Maryland Department of the Environment’s approval the projects, they were quickly put out to bid.
“We want to update the neighbors on the construction timelines so they know what to expect over the next several months,” he said.
Town Administrator Laura Allen said bad weather and a busy construction market made it difficult to find a contractor.
Stormwater improvement work could last several months in the area, Allen said, adding that Public Works and Water Resources Director Jane Kreiter was hand-delivering flyers about the public meeting to residents who would be affected.
“Unfortunately, [the project is] going to mean some dust and disruption for the next several months until we get this all situated,” Allen said. “We had hoped to time it so that we could do it in the summer when school was out, but it didn’t work out that way because we weren’t getting responses from contractors that we had hoped. So we’ve gone back out [to bid] several times.
“I don’t have a firm start date yet, but we will at the meeting,” she said.
Allen said part of the project would include “softening” the large L-shaped drainage ditch on Flower Street into an S-shape. The town also will talk about the upcoming Branch Street sidewalk project.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the multipurpose building at 130 Flower Street. For more information, contact the town at 410-641-2770.