Politics & Government

Dedham Plans to Use $6M on Roads Through 2015

The three-year plan was presented Thursday evening to the Board of Selectmen.


Town officials laid out plans for the next three years of road improvements to Dedham streets that will invest about $6 million through fiscal year 2015.

The Board of Selectmen approved the plan Thursday.

"It has a pretty good spread throughout the town," said Jason Mammone, Dedham's resident engineer. "It includes a little reclamation, preventive maintenance, and routine maintenance."

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The road management plan reflects how the town would spend about $1.5 million in local funding and $500,000 in state funding. If either of those funding sources are changed, the management plan will change.

For six years, town officials have used a computer program to generate roads due for maintenance based on balance of work and need, Mammone said.

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Under work to begin July 1 of this year, 23 roads will be rebuilt, according to town documents.

"It's so disciplined. It's carefully planned out," selectman Michael Butler said. "One particular neighborhood is not getting any more than any other."

Some of the roads that were due for work between now and 2015 include streets in the Dedham Square Improvement Project. Mammone said he redistributed $200,000 worth of work from the Square to other parts of town.

"That will probably get us another road, maybe two, depending on the size," he told the board.

According to Mammone, Dedham's road conditions have increased greatly since the program began, and officials are looking for more strides between now and 2015.

Selectman Paul Reynolds praised the work of Mammone and Department of Public Works director Joe Flanagan with the road project.

"That's one of the things we have to live with every day," Reynolds said. "When you have to negotiate roads that are really in terrible condition, it's very hard to deal with that."


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