Yorktown to Close Veterans Road for Repairs
Veterans Road will close Jan. 4 for approximately 10 to 12 weeks while contractors replace the culvert over the Hallocks Mill Brook. This work involves the complete replacement of the culvert that carries Veterans Road over the Hallocks Mill Brook. Yorktown’s Highway Department will post detours for alternate routes.
“We understand that this road closure will be an inconvenience, but it is necessary work to ensure the safety of our local roads,” said Highway Superintendent Dave Paganelli. “This is an important project that will finally improve an essential corridor for our residents.”
Work will also take place at the Hill Boulevard Bridge, which involves the complete replacement of the bridge that carries Hill Boulevard over a Barger Brook tributary. Hill Boulevard will not need to be closed until later in the year.
Work at both sites includes removing the existing twin corrugated metal pipes and replacing them with a precast structure. Temporary waterway diversion and dewatering measures, replacing approach roadway pavement and appurtenances, and restoring disturbed areas within the project limits are also included.
“The Town of Yorktown remains committed to remediating failing infrastructure and the start of this project is an important step in our progress toward ensuring safe roads for everyone,” said Supervisor Matt Slater. “I ask all our residents to be respectful of the work crews and any traffic control they provide.”
Yorktown received two grants for the work from the New York State Department of Transportation under the BridgeNY program. The grant for the culvert replacement was for up to $820,000 and the grant for the Hill Boulevard Bridge was for up to $2,600,000.
Town Board awarded a $3 million bid for the work on Sept. 1 to Transit Construction Corp. of Yonkers.
Transit Construction Corp.'s current project in Westchester County is at the Westchester Join Water Works in West Harrision, where the company is removing 1,100 feet of existing turbidity curtain and installing 1,200 feet of an interim turbidity curtain.
