Division of Ecological Restoration shares the inside story on a culvert before & after replacement (video)

Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) (@MassEcoRestore) posted Mon, Aug 26, 2024:

"Ever wondered what the inside of a culvert looks like? 🤔 We love this video by @WestfieldRiver that documents a culvert replacement in Washington. 

This project received funding from DER's Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance Grant Initiative! ➡️  https://t.co/OytuNsfJ6l"

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Conservation Agent Breeka Li Goodlander helps the Charles River Watershed Association assess culverts

"#DidYouKnow culverts can be climate solutions?

"Yesterday was a blast! We assessed 16 culverts and a minimum of 38 structures in 6 hours in #Natick + #Sherborn," says Breeka Li Goodlander, Conservation Agent of @TOFranklinMA."

Learn more >> https://t.co/J3gN4873m9

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Conservation Agent Breeka Li Goodlander helps the Charles River Watershed Association assess culverts 

Partridge St: emergency road closure

Hello this is Brutus Cantoreggi, Director of Public Works calling with an important message regarding a road closure and a detour. Effective immediately, Partridge St is closed to all traffic between Harborwood and Dover Circle due to a culvert collapses. Please try and avoid the area if at all possible. Detours are presently being set up. We hope to open Partridge St. as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding, further information can be found on the Town's website or by calling the Franklin Department of Public Works @ 508-520-4910 To listen to the above message, you will need audio software and speakers on your computer. This e-mail has been sent to you by TOWN OF FRANKLIN. To maximize their communication with you, you may be receiving this e-mail in addition to a phone call with the same message. If you wish to discontinue this service, please inform TOWN OF FRANKLIN either IN PERSON, by US MAIL, or by TELEPHONE at (508) 520-4938. THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS IS NOT MONITORED. Please do not reply to this e-mail as we are not able to respond to messages sent to this address.

Where is Partridge St?


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The map shows the stream where it crosses the road. This would be the exact spot where the culvert is.

Related post:
Milford Daily News article

"saved the town about $25,000"

By Joyce Kelly/Daily News staff

GHS

Posted Dec 02, 2008 @ 11:17 PM

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FRANKLIN —

Emergency repairs to a partially collapsed culvert on Lincoln Street are slated for completion by Dec. 12, said Brutus Cantoreggi, director of the town's Department of Public Works.

The culvert was severely compromised after heavy rains in early August, Cantoreggi said.

The damaged culvert posed a potentially major hazard to cars and pedestrians on Lincoln Street, which is a main road connecting Franklin and Medway, Cantoreggi said.

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here