Charlestown Route 12 Repair Update – May 16, 2022

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Rep. Steven Smith

Things are happening quickly at the Charlestown Route 12 site. 

By the end of last week, the stone slope stabilization and drainage were nearly complete. The attached photos show the crushed stone and geotextile being placed.  (Attached photos from May 10, #22b and May 13 #22a and 22b.)  These materials will support the pavement.  They will also support the ditch work that was done between the roadway and the railroad.  On Friday Casella set the last drainage structure.  (See attached photo 5-13-22d D3.)  And today a cross pipe is being installed.

Casella is on track to pave the week of May 23, 2022, with the road open for Memorial Day.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

My Best,

Kathy

Kathleen Mulcahey-Hampson

Legislative Liaison

Senior Hearings Examiner, NHDOT

7 Hazen Drive

Concord, NH 03301

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Lech Walesa

Posted on May 12, 2022 by Rep. Steven Smith

Today was a good day. It is always an overwhelming honor to preside in the historic NH House.

A much bigger honor was getting to meet former Polish President Lech Walesa. Walesa formed the Solidarity labor movement while working in the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk. He was arrested several times by the Communist Party and imprisoned. He was awarded the Nobel peace Prize in 1983. This is a man who literally stood up to face the Soviet Union.

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Charlestown Route 12 Repair Update – May 5, 2022

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Rep. Steven Smith

This week the Department received the amended wetlands permit from the NH Department of Environmental Services.  Fortunately, this necessary approval was obtained quickly, without the need to delay or stop work.

Photos are attached, showing work progressing in the constrained work site.  The contractor, Casella, has been working on slope stabilization and preparing the future drainage outlets with erosion stone, as shown in an attached photos.  Casella will be installing drainage structures and pipes, as well as excavating the subgrade this week.  If the required Railroad approvals are received this week, Casella will recommence work within the Railroad right-of-way.

Work continues on schedule, with the plan to reopen the road late May 2022.

My Best,

Kathy

Kathleen Mulcahey-Hampson

Legislative Liaison

Senior Hearings Examiner, NHDOT

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