Select board members voted to install the barriers along the damaged section, reducing Camel’s Hump Road to a single lane. In addition, a 10,000-pound weight limit will be posted as well as reduced speed signage and a requirement for descending traffic to yield to uphill traffic.
Duxbury Road Foreman Steve Manosh reported that FEMA officials visited the town to conduct site visits to the areas damaged. Manosh along with John Grenier of Grenier Engineering participated in the site visits that focused on the most serious projects including Camel’s Hump Road, Crossett Hill Road, Pollander Road and a site on Dowsville Road.
The FEMA officials are scheduled to return within the next couple of weeks to review work the town has completed and paid for.
At the July 7 meeting, Grenier told town officials that the Camel’s Hump repair is much more involved and challenging and will require extensive geotechnical investigation and engineering due to the location.
Given the topography of the area, making repairs and allowing traffic access is difficult, according to Grenier. Grenier estimated that the scope of such a project could be in the $400,000 to $600,000 range.
According to town officials, the immediate concern is the safety of traffic using Camel’s Hump Road.
Grenier also outlined the proposed repair to Crossett Hill Road that would entail installation of an open-bottom galvanized steel structural plate arch on cast-in-place concrete footings spanning a 24-foot breech.
Pending state approval and an aggressive engineering/specification and bid process expected to occur by mid-September, Crossett Hill Road may be open by the end of the fall, according to town officials.
Select board members approved a motion to allow select board chair JoAnn Berno to sign a proposed contract with VHB Engineering of Ferrisburgh for design of the project in the amount of $26,934 pending FEMA review.
The construction phase of the project is estimated to be in the neighborhood of $250,000.
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