PHASE 4 STREETSCAPE ENGINEERING BID SELECTED

The town has awarded the contract for engineering services and designs for Phase 4 of the Streetscape Project to Freeman Companies.

The town is calling Freeman Companies the “most costeffective qualified bidder” in the applicant pool.

The preliminary concept design plans have been posted online and the company’s designs are expected to be 30 percent complete by mid-July, at which time the town has said that they will schedule a public review of the work. The plan will consist of construction of light fixtures, retaining walls, and over 1,900 feet of sidewalk from the northern end of Phase 1 construction to the Newbury Village condominiums on Federal Road.

At a special town meeting in February, the town inanimously approved the $3.6 million needed for the fourth phase of the Streetscape Project.

Construction is expected to start in the spring of 2023.