Greetings!
Eversource and its contractor BOND Civil & Utility Construction and their subcontractors (ET&L Construction, M-O-N Landscaping, and Moosehead) resumed construction on the 115-kilovolt (kV) Underground Transmission Line Project. As always, Eversource asks people to avoid walking on and crossing the inactive Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rail corridor. Construction is not expected to interrupt electric service.
In the corridor, work starts with vegetation removal, followed by placing erosion controls and rail/tie removal. From there, grading of the limits of work happens. After these enabling activities are finished, crews excavate, install cable vaults, and duct bank and finally backfill trenches. Duct bank is usually installed between vaults that have been recently placed.
Work Hours
Approved work hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday but crews are working from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Hudson and Sudbury, barring inclement weather. Occasional work may extend beyond the approved hours, due to unforeseen circumstances, based on approval from local officials.
Below is an overview of the active and upcoming work zones in Hudson and Sudbury.
View the Project map for additional details on the location of work crews.
Hudson
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In the inactive MBTA rail corridor from Wilkins Street to Chestnut Street, crews are grading the limits of work and will be completed with these activities by the end of next week.
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From Bridge 130 to Parmenter Road, crews are completing the installation of conduit between two cable vaults (MH9 and MH10). Starting next week, between MH9 toward MH8, crews will begin excavating trenches, installing a protective tube called conduit and backfilling the trench.
Sudbury
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From the Town line to Dutton Road in the corridor, crews completed grading the limits of work for the time being and will resume in several weeks.
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From Peakham Road to Horse Pond Road in the corridor, crews have completed rail and tie removal. In the coming weeks, crews will begin grading the limits of work.
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From Horse Pond Road to Union Avenue, crews are installing erosion controls which will be followed by rail and tie removal.
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Between Union Avenue and Boston Post Road, vegetation clearing will be completed this week. Afterward, erosion controls will be placed followed by rail and tie removal.
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From Boston Post Road to Bridge 127, vegetation removal started this week and will be completed by the end of next week.
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Between Bridge 127 and the Sudbury Substation, grading of the limits of work is ongoing.
