PRESS RELEASE
Paving Activities
Starting Monday, April 24th, 2017
6:00 am to 4:00 pm
Monday April 24th: Warner Brothers will be placing the final top coat of asphalt on Mount
Pleasant, Fisher, and Harris Streets.
Additional crews will be returning to Amherst Woods to complete the loaming and seeding of
the roadsides.
Residents of Mount Pleasant Street should plan to have vehicles off the street before 7am if they need to exit the road between the hours of 7am and noon.
Tuesday April 25th: Completion of loam and seed in Amherst Woods.
Wednesday & Thursday April 26th & 27th: Crews will be installing the driveway aprons and
placing the loam and seed on Shumway Street.
Friday April 28th: Warner Brothers will be placing the loam and seed around the new
accessible crosswalk ramps on Pine St.
All roads will remain open to local traffic if possible. Please use caution and expect delays
around construction equipment. Please wait for the contractor to smooth out any excess
asphalt/gravel piles before attempting to pass with a vehicle. If you are uncertain whether it is
safe to pass, please communicate your needs/intentions with the contractor, foreman or Town
Inspector on site.
? NO ON STREET PARKING
? PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL OFFICERS DIRECTING TRAFFIC
? FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION SIGNS
? SLOW DOWN IN WORK ZONES
For questions or additional information concerning this project contact the Amherst Department
of Public Works at 413-259-3050 or at publicworks@amherstma.gov
Time of issue: 4/21/2017, 2:00 PM
Issued by: Jason O. Skeels, P.E.,
Town Engineer,
Department of Public Works
Amherst, MA