A busy construction season in Brattleboro

By Howard Weiss-Tisman

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A part of Green Street in Brattleboro is blocked off due to a failing retaining wall.

BRATTLEBORO >> It is going to be a very busy construction season for the Department of Public Works.

The Selectboard Tuesday gave the go-ahead for work on the Green Street retaining wall and the Elliot Street Bridge.

Both projects combined will cost more than $1 million, though the board hopes to receive grant assistance from the state.

The projects were approved on top of the recently approved work on the Union Street-Western Avenue intersection, as well as the Main Street sidewalk which is going to replaced on the east side of Main Street.

The wall above Harmony Parking Lot is leaning over the lot and Green Street above the wall has been closed to traffic.

And one lane of the Elliot Street Bridge was closed to traffic after a pedestrian pointed out a hole in the bridge and the Department of Public Works determined that the span was unsafe for vehicular traffic on the lane over the hole.

At Tuesday night's Selectboard meeting the board heard a presentation from Public Works Director Steve Barrett on the options for stabilizing the Green Street wall. Barrett showed photos of the wall clearly showing the extreme angle the wall is now leaning into the Harmony Lot, and photos of cracks on the road above the wall.

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A busy construction season in Brattleboro