Developer, DPW plan full rebuild of Revere Street
By Mike Berger
The historic Revere barn and rolling mill at the Paul Revere Heritage Site (Jay Turner photo)
Canton Holdings, owner of the Plymouth Rubber redevelopment project, will join forces with the Canton DPW to come up with a unified plan to fully reconstruct Revere Street. If the plan is approved by the Board of Selectmen, work would begin this fall with final paving to be done in the spring of 2020.
Meeting with selectmen on Tuesday night, Bernie Plante of Canton Holdings said the developer is ready to commit $768,000 toward the project, which is essentially an expansion of the original scope of work for Revere Street as outlined in the 2015 development agreement with the town of Canton. Whereas the initial list of upgrades called for cold-planing (milling) of the top layers of pavement, Plante said the new plan, due to the poor condition of the underlying roadway, is to do a “full-depth reconstruction” down to the base layer in addition to various curb and drainage improvements. He added that some of the money for the project would come from funds previously earmarked for upgrades deemed as unnecessary or lower priority, notably the installation of traffic signals at the fire station and MBTA overpass on Revere Street.
Plante said he would work with DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta to refine the budget and come up with a unified project cost. The town’s commitment would be close to $300,000, with funding coming from either a selectmen-controlled mitigation account or via a town meeting appropriation.
Both Plante and Trotta agreed that any short-term work would not be beneficial to the town or to the anticipated visitors and residents of the site as there are too many drainage and pavement problems with Revere Street.
“Full-depth reconstruction is better for both of us,” said Plante. “Reconstructing is a good decision,” said Trotta.
Selectman John Connolly added, “We have to think long-term. Revere Street, right now, is one of the worst streets in the town.”
Selectmen appeared ready to support the proposal and will await a formal plan with refined cost estimates. Once an approval is granted, Canton Holdings is prepared to commit the money to get the repairs started soon with the town’s contribution to cover the final paving in the spring …
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Posted by Mike Berger
on Aug 9 2019. Filed under News, Town Government.
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