East Hartford road projects planned, started

EAST HARTFORD – Road improvement projects funded by a $15 million bond issue that East Hartford voters approved last year are moving forward throughout town.

The goal, Mayor Marcia Leclerc said, is to rehabilitate 10 miles of a total 150 miles of town-owned roads each year.

The engineering division is focused on three major road improvement projects, which will be bid to contractors.

Delmont Road neighborhood

The project is in final design and will be put out to bid soon. The neighborhood is off Burnside Avenue (Route 44) near the Manchester town line and west of Wickham Park.

Roadway totaling about one mile will be reconstructed includes Delmont, Maridon, Bodwell and Vernon roads. The work will include a fulldepth reconstruction and drainage system extensions and is expected to be substantially complete before the end of the construction season.

Cambridge Drive neighborhood

The project will be put out to bid in the summer. It includes milling, paving, curbing and new signs and encompasses 3.85 miles of roadway between Brewer Street, Maple Street, Route 2 and Handel Road, including Cambridge Drive, Evans Avenue, Handel Road, Hollister Road, Jefferson Lane, Millbrook Drive, Nassau Lane, Oxford Drive, Princeton Lane and Sutton Avenue.

Expected to begin this year and finish in 2020, work will include improvements to drainage from Hollister Drive to Porter Brook.

Burnham Street East

This project includes full-depth reconstruction of Burnham Street from Temple Street to the Manchester town line and pavement rehabilitation of Sherwood Drive.

Covering 1.1 miles, the project is in the design phase. The project will include drainage improvements, curbing and sign replacement and likely will begin in the fall of 2020.

Also, the public works department is continuing the reclamation of Brewer Street, from High Street to Mitchell Drive. The work includes accessible sidewalk ramps, minor drainage improvements, new basin tops, tree trimming, new signs, painted pavement markings and traffic loops.

Additional milling and paving work is to be done this year on Brewer Street east of Forbes Street; Forbes Street from the Glastonbury line to Heritage Lane; Green Manor Drive, south of both intersections with Westerly Terrace; Jarman Drive; Linwood Drive; Maple Street; Mitchell Drive; Montclair Drive; Timber Trail; Tolland Street; and Wadsworth Street.

For more information about the road improvement program, including links to the specific improvement efforts, visit https://bit.ly/2weG96H.

Jesse Leavenworth can be reached at jleavenworth@courant.com