Town Engineer
---------------------------------------------ENGINEERING SERVICES
Operating under the Office of Community Development, Engineering Services are provided by Consulting Engineer, Edward Sweeney, P.E. In fiscal year 2002-2003, the Town Engineer worked an average of 72 hours per month in the Town of Granby. The Town Engineer advises the Planning and Zoning Commission and attends their meetings as necessary. He reviews the engineering details of various applications and conducts numerous field inspections, assuring that the construction of new roads comply with engineering standards and road specifications. The Town Engineer also inspects private roads to assure compliance with the specific town approvals. New town roads that were under construction in fiscal year 2002-2003 included, Cider Mill Heights, Meetinghouse Road, Cone Mountain Road, Cortland Way, Mill
Pond Road, Strawberry Fields, Holcomb Hill, Tinker Trail, Massaco Lane and Powder Mill Lane. Private Roads that were under construction included, Schoolhouse Lane, Old Orchard Lane, Cone Pond, Cone Hill, and Cone Meadow Lane, Laura Holcomb Lane, Upper Meadow, Pratt Farm and Hunt Glen.
In fiscal year 2002-2003, the Town Engineer assisted the Dept. of Public Works with a variety of projects involving roads, sewers, bridges and the former landfill. He also marked out numerous Call-Before-U-Dig locations, inspected site plan and sewer lateral construction and prepared numerous bond estimates.
This fiscal year the Town Engineer completed the engineering drawings and bid documents for the relocation of Canton Road.
Finally, due to the increasing workload and corresponding cost of engineering services, in fiscal year 02-03 a process was adopted to charge developers for the actual costs engineering inspections necessitated by their projects.
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