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Welcome To The Nahant Public Works Department

Our goal at the Nahant Public Works is to provide continuous coordination and control at all divisions of Public Works through effective leadership and to insure that all functions of the Public Woks program are carried out completely and effectively.

Those responsibilities are accomplished under the direction of the Superintendent. Functional work areas include; water and sewer, parks and beaches, highway and cemetery.

The DPW trains, motivates, and directs personnel to perform all program activities, interface with all Town boards, committees and departments, as well as with municipal, utility and regional authorities.

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Public Works Department
Flash Road
Nahant, MA 01908
781-581-0026

DPW Superintendent
Dennis Ball
General Foreman
Tim Lowe

DPW Members
Bruce Bennett
Dan Gauvain
Michael Gagnon
Tom Mazzaferro
Keith Olbash
Christopher Ward

Compost and Recycling | Opens In April

The Compost Area will open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 AM to 3 PM.  Leaves and grass only. 

Acceptable material include: leaves, grass clippings, garden waste, weeds, hedge clippings and small brush. Trees and tree limbs, no larger than 8” in diameter will be accepted. Tree stumps of any size will not be accepted. Leaves and other yard waste must be in biodegradable bags.

Please keep compost materials free of plastic, glass, cans, bottles, stones, metals, trash or other debris.

Projected 5 Year Paving Plan
(Plan is dynamic and subject to appropriation and repriortization as conditions changenge)

Plan Year | 2014
Street From To Length Plan Activity
GARDNER RD BASS POINT RD TRIMOUNTAIN RD 950 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
HIGH ST EXT SPRING RD DEAD END 375 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
LENNOX RD LITTLE NAHANT RD JAMES AVE 1056 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
LITTLE NAHANT RD WILSON RD SIMMONS RD 905 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
SIMMONS RD LENNOX RD LITTLE NAHANT RD 380 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
SUNSET RD COOLIDGE RD HIGH ST EXT 1109 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
TRIMOUNTAIN RD GARDNER RD BASS POINT RD 682 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
WILSON RD NAHANT RD LITTLE NAHANT RD 2285 ft BC - 2"
Mill & Overlay
Segment Count | 8 1.6 miles
COOLIDGE RD SPRING RD SUNSET RD 375ft BC - Crack Seal and Patch
Segment Count | X X miles
MARGINAL RD SUMMER ST OCEAN ST 1373 ft BC - Rubber Chip Seal
WINTER ST MAOLIS RD MARGINAL RD 1374 ft BC - Rubber Chip Seal
SUMMER ST MARGINAL RD DEAD END 275 ft BC - Rubber Chip Seal
HOOD ST MAOLIS RD MARGINAL RD 233 ft BC - Rubber Chip Seal
MAOLIS RD SUMMER ST DEAD END 2979 ft BC - Rubber Chip Seal
CLIFF ST WILLOW RD NAHANT RD 1373 ft BC - Rubber Chip Seal
VERNON ST CLIFF ST SWALLOW CAVE RD 1162 ft BC - Rubber Chip Seal
NAHANT RD FORTY STEPS LN SWALLOW CAVE RD 1921 ft BC - Rubber Chip Seal
Segment Count | 8 1.8 miles
Total Segment Count | 17 3.4 miles
Plan Year | 2015
Street From To Length Plan Activity
SHERMAN AV CASTLE RD DEAD END 528 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
WALTON LN FORTY STEPS LN WHARF ST 440 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
BURPEE RD LENNOX RD BAKER RD 410 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
FOX HILL RD CASTLE RD 1327' S OF CASTLE RD 1327 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
FALLON WAY #2 BURPEE RD #1 DEAD END 305 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
FALLON WAY #1 WILSON RD DEAD END NORTH 176 ft BC - 1-1/2"
Mill & Overlay
Segment Count | 6 0.7 miles
CASTLE RD NAHANT RD HARBOR VIEW RD 1170 ft BC - Patch/Paving
FENNO WAY WINTER ST OCEAN ST 686 ft BC - Patch/Paving
LINDA LN WILSON RD BURPEE RD 581ft BC - Patch/Paving
TUDOR RD OCEAN ST POND ST 686 ft BC - Patch/Paving
Segment Count | 4 0.6 miles
Total Segment Count| 10 1.3 miles
Plan Year | 2016
Street From To Length Plan Activity
TO BE DETERMINED
COLBY WAY GARDNER RD BASS POINT RD 695 ft BC - 2"
Overlay Local
JAMES AV BURPEE RD DEAD END 290 ft BC - 2"
Overlay Local
SOUTHWICK AV CASTLE RD DEAD END 158 ft BC - 2"
Overlay Local
Segment Count| 3 0.2 miles
TO BE DETERMINED BC - Crack Seal and Patch
Segment Count | X X miles
HIGHLAND RD POND ST OCEAN ST 686 ft BC - Patch/Paving
POND ST WHITE WAY SPRING RD 600 ft BC - Patch/Paving
Segment Count | 2 0.2 miles
Total Segment Count | 5 T.B.D. miles
Plan Year | 2017
Street From To Length Plan Activity
TO BE DETERMINED BC - 2"
Mill & Overlay Local
BAKER RD LITTLE NAHANT RD LENNOX RD 495 ft BC - 2"
Overlay Local
IRVING WAY BASS POINT RD GARDNER RD 547ft BC - 2"
Overlay Local
Segment Count | 3 0.4 miles
TO BE DETERMINED BC - Crack Seal and Patch
Segment Count | X X miles
HARBOR VIEW RD CASTLE RD WENDELL ST EXT 600 ft BC - Patch/Paving
HILLCREST AV HARBOR VIEW RD DEAD END 317 ft BC - Patch/Paving
ROLLINS AV BASS POINT RD DEAD END 211 ft BC - Patch/Paving
HOVEY WAY KAROLYN CIR DEAD END 248 ft BC - Patch/Paving
Segment Count | 4 0.3 miles
Total Segment Count | 7 T.B.D.
Plan Year | 2018
Street From To Length Plan Activity
POND ST SPRING RD MAOLIS RD 1209 ft BC - 2" Mill & Overlay Local
HARRIS ST COLBY WAY BREEZY HILL TER 205 ft BC - 2"
Overlay Local
PARROT RD WILSON RD DEAD END 120 ft BC - 2"
Overlay Local
Segment Count | 2 0.6 miles
SUMMER STREET CT SUMMER ST WINTER ST 670 ft BC - Patch/Paving
HIGHLAND RD POND ST OCEAN ST 686 ft BC - Patch/Paving
HIGHLAND AV CASTLE RD DEAD END 700 ft BC - Patch/Paving
PHILLIPS RD WENDELL RD CASTLE RD 686 ft BC - Patch/Paving
Segment Count | 4 0.5 miles
Total Segment Count | 6 1.1 miles

New Item Acrobat Documents For Download (PDF)
Five Year Paving Program | August 2014
15 K 2014-2018 Paving Program

Our Water Meter Replacement Progam

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The Town of Nahant has completed its water meter replacement / retrofit and automatic reading system. The project began in April 2012.

Benefits of an AMR System

  • Increase efficiency in meter reading (no longer relying on equipment that is unreliable) and eliminates estimated readings
  • Ability to obtain meter readings without entering the property
  • Allows for better tracking of unaccounted-for water because master meters and revenue meters may be read at the same time
  • Quicker detection of customer plumbing leaks by customer or the water department with daily meter readings
  • Reduction in administrative time and errors in getting meter reading data to billing software
  • Easy detection of meter tampering and identification of accounts that fluctuate from normal usage
  • Increase revenues, since older meters under-register

DPW Helpful Tips

PP Water mains and water meters can freeze when the temperature remains below freezing for extended periods of time.

Temperatures that dip in and out of freezing cause the ground to buckle and sometimes bends and breaks water lines.

Here are a few tips to help protect your water lines during periods of cold weather:

• Insulate pipes located in unheated parts of your house. Especially if you had frozen pipes in the past.
• Let a thin stream of cold water run from a basement faucet. It should be a continuous flow, about the thickness of pencil lead. Water can be caught in a bucket and used later as laundry or dish water.
• If a pipe should freeze, gently warm it with hot air from a blow dryer at the point where it enters the house.
• Be sure you know where the water shutoff valve is. Check it periodically to ensure that it works properly.
• Be sure to shut off water to outside faucets.
• Periodically monitor your sump pump. A frozen drain pipe could result in a flooded basement.
• Keep bottled water on hand. Figure on needing a gallon of water per person per day.

Remember, Water lines running from the meter to the house, as well as internal plumbing, are the responsibility of the property owner.

 

 
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