Highway Department - November 2022

Monthly Activities - Springfield DPW Highway Division - November 2022

1. Weekly rubbish and recycling removal at town buildings

2. Continued road grading

3. Gravel hauled to grader & stockpile

4. Basin & sidewalk repair continued

5. Repaired walkway at Town Office

6. Repaired steps on foot bridge

7. Repaired tarp covering roof at Eureka School House

8. Hot mixed potholes, basin cuts, water cuts

9. Prepped and paved section of Riverside Middle School parking lot

10. Cut and removed roadside brush

11. Cleaning of culverts and ditch lines as needed

12. Cleaned up trees, culvert inlets, basins as needed

13. Roadside leaves picked up with sweeper or blown off road side

14. Removed Garden Club planters and debris from their fall clean-up

15. Street signs were replaced or installed for new 911 changes

16. Street painting completed and machine winterized

17. Prepped all equipment for winter

18. Staked out hazards and boundaries on plow routes

19. Picked up cold patch for winter pothole repair

20. Repaired fence broken last year by sidewalk plow

21. Monitored and cleaned beaver grate on Kirk Meadow Road

22. Salt & sand began arriving and was pushed up as needed

23. Crushed containers regularly at Transfer/Recycle facility

24. Moved brush from Transfer Station to DPW

25. Assisted Transfer Station due to short staffing

26. Moved voting materials to and from Town Office and RMS, put up signage as requested by Town Clerk

27. Cemetery Division continued with mowing and trimming and fall cleanup of all cemeteries, 1 urn burial