Dedham's DPW Ready For Snow Storm This Weekend

The Department of Public Works has been preparing for the storm since Monday.

  According to The National Weather Service, they are expecting that we'll have heavy wet snow through the weekend.  But Dedham's Department of Public Works believes that they are more prepared due to the timing of the storm. "We have been preparing for the storm since Monday," Joseph Flanagan, Director of Pubic Works said. "We prepare for all storms but there was more [preparation] because the timing of the storm." The town increased its Snow & Ice budget by $200,000, according to the department. And they are expected to use a little more than $150,000 into this weekend. "There are also other charges such as salt, sand, fuel, equipment, plowing, removal, etc...that are charged to the snow and ice budget," Flanagan said. After the Blizzard…

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Dedham DPW Update: July 2-8

Here's a rundown of what the DPW will be working on this week.

  According to Dedham Director of Public Works Joseph Flanagan and Dedham's Town wesbite the following DPW activity will be going on this week in Town: For more information on this and any questions, call DPW Director Joseph Flanagan at 781-751-9350.

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Weekly Dedham DPW Update

A rundown of all the activity coming out the Dedham DPW Department this week.

  All information from Joseph Flanagan of the Dedham DPW Director and the Town's DPW website: The Department of Public Works appreciates your cooperation and patience during this project. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this project please speak to the Director of Public Works at 781-751-9377 or by e-mail at Jflanagan@dedham-ma.gov.

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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." 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. Under …

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Dedham's Engineer Hired Away to Easton

David Field will serve as director of Public Works in Easton.

Easton officials announced Friday that they hired Dedham town engineer David Field as their next director of Public Works. "I have mixed emotions about the situation," said Dedham Town Administrator William Keegan. "He's been such a great asset to us and I'm sorry to see him go." The Town of Dedham hired Field in 2005 as the town's first full-time engineer, and he has helped spearhead many projects in his 6-plus years, but none bigger than the $6.1 million Dedham Square Improvement Project set to begin in the spring. Keegan said that work will go on as planned, with the department's staff and an engineering consultant stepping in to help coordinate the beginning of the project. The town will post the open position on Tuesday, and hire …

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Nov. 16

Today's weather, school discussions and delayed paving plans.

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Question of the Day: Public Works, Parks Merger

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A committee studying a possible merger between the Department of Public Works and the Parks Department will meet Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. Town Administrator William Keegan wants to make the move to save resources and money. The plan was originally supposed to go to Town Meeting in May, but the Parks and Recreation Commission successfully lobbied to create a study committee before a Town Meeting vote.

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 30

Today's weather, Pirates deliver check and tree debris picked up.

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Keegan: Parks-DPW Merger Plan on Hold

Dedham will form a sub-committee to study the effects of a merger of the Parks Department and the Department of Public Works.

Town Administrator William Keegan agreed Thursday to put on hold a Town Meeting article to move the Parks Department to the Department of Public Works. Keegan reached an agreement with the Parks and Recreation Commission to form a sub-committee to study the proposed merger. Keegan put forth a Town Meeting article for May’s meeting to make the move, but said Thursday that he would move to rescind that article and file a substitute motion to receive support for a seven-member sub-committee. “There are concerns out there that still need to be addressed,” Keegan said. “It puts us in a position to understand all of those issues and educate Town Meeting in a way that they would have a better understanding as to what this would mean.” Parks and …

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