SOUTHWICK – With school just getting underway for the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District, the Feeding Hills Road project has continued to make progress while the traffic has increased due to the start of the school year.
Last week, Baltazar Construction, the contractor for the project, finished putting down the first base layer onto Feeding Hills Road but according to Southwick DPW Director Randy Brown, Baltazar will have to put on two more layers.
Having already completed the intersection of Feeding Hills Road and Foster Road, Baltazar was seen starting the paving process on the intersection of Feeding Hills Road and Hudson Drive.
Baltazar Construction is seen beginning to pave the intersection of Hudson Drive and Feeding Hills Road on Wednesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Greg Fitzpatrick)
Brown is satisfied that the first layer of paving was able to be finished just in time when there would be an uptick in traffic on Feeding Hills Road.
“At least it makes a rideable surface,” said Brown. “It helps expedite traffic moving through the work zone.”
As for the rest of the project, Baltazar still needs to construct sidewalks, do some re-grading, and set up turn signals. Brown said that he expects Baltazar to be working on this project until the heavy snow hits as the contract is up before the end of the calendar year in December.
The Westfield News last reported on this project June 14 when Baltazar completed the majority of the utility work and began to reconstruct Feeding Hills Road and the sidewalks.
Baltazar started construction this past March and Mass DOT (Department of Transportation) is overseeing and paying for the $3.97 million project.
Southwick residents should refer to the town website in order to get up-to-date announcements on the project. For any questions or further information, call the Southwick DPW at 413-569-6772.
