For
immediate
release
Contact: Wendy Fox
DCR TO START DAYTIME
REPAIRS
IN THE STORROW DRIVE
TUNNEL
Barriers will
be installed to help reduce noise
Department
of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) crews will start working inside the Storrow Drive Tunnel next week, repairing blocked and
damaged drainage lines to prevent future flooding and icing problems. During
the work, which will start Dec. 26 and last several weeks, one lane of inbound
(eastbound) traffic will be restricted.
From
Dec. 26 through Dec. 30, the work will be done during the day,
No
work will be done on Dec. 31 or Jan. 1. Beginning Jan. 2, and continuing Sunday
through Thursday for several weeks, the schedule will be altered and work will
be conducted at night,
“We
are trying very hard to be mindful of the neighbor’s interests, especially
their need for sleep,” said DCR Commissioner Richard K. Sullivan Jr. “When the
noise is loudest, we will work during the day. To minimize traffic disruptions,
however, we’ll move the work to nighttime hours when the crews will be further
inside the tunnel and the noise outside will be greatly reduced.”
The
work is part of approximately $400,000 in immediate repairs being made to the
tunnel over the next several weeks.
Last
month, Commissioner Sullivan announced the agency had hired a nationally
recognized consulting firm to head up a review and evaluation of the
Several
options for repairing or replacing the aging tunnel,
and for handling traffic during
construction,
have been proposed by DCR’s lead engineers SGH Consulting Inc. and Jacobs
Engineering. LMI, a nonprofit strategic consulting firm headquartered near
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