Public Hearing Notice  Gardner - Design Public Hearing webinar and comment period

A Virtual Design Public Hearing will be published on the MassDOT website below to present the design for the proposed Resurfacing and Rumble Strip Installation on Route 140 project in Gardner, MA.

Purpose:

The purpose of this hearing isto provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed Resurfacing and Rumble Strip project. All views and comments submitted in response to the hearing will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible.

Proposal:

The proposed project consists of the resurfacing of 1.4 miles of Green Street (Route 140) in Gardner between the Winchendon town line to the north and Green Street to the south. The proposed improvements including mill and overlay of the roadway and the replacement of the recently installed rumble strips and stanchions within the limits of the project. The project also includes the replacement of existing guardrail and upgrades to the respective end treatments, as well as cleaning and flushing of pipes and repairs to catch basins. The roadway beyond the travel lanes will be marked and provided for bicyclists. Sidewalks are not included as part of this project.

All resurfacing work will be within the existing public roadway layout.

Project inquiries, written statements and other exhibits regarding the proposed undertaking may be submitted to Patricia A. Leavenworth, P.E., Chief Engineer, via e-mail to MassDOTProjectManagement@dot.state.ma.us or via US Mail to Suite 6340, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Project Management, Project File No. 608891. Statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public hearing transcript must be emailed or postmarked no later than ten (10) business days after the hearing is posted to the MassDOT website listed below.

This hearing is accessible to people with disabilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (e.g interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, live captioning, videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT's Chief Diversity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857-368-8580), TTD/TTY at (857) 266-0603, fax (857) 368-0602 or by email (MASSDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten business days before the hearing.

Hearing webinar or cancellation announcements will be posted on this website.