Haverhill will soon begin designing renovations for its 47-year-old wastewater treatment plant. A $1.5 million loan, which city councilors authorized Tuesday night, goes toward creating the schematics contractors will follow, the first step in a years-long overhaul. Public Works Director Robert E. Ward said the loan makes up the difference left from $2 million in […]
Haverhill City Councilors authorized a $75,000 “friendly” taking of a 6.2-acre parcel on Brandy Brow Road along the East Meadow River on Tuesday, as part of the city’s ongoing efforts to buy land in the name of water resource protection. “We purchased, not too long ago, some property from D&D Realty Trust, so this is […]
Residents of Farrwood Drive in Haverhill are about to get some relief from, what has long been described as, the deplorable and dangerous conditions of their roadway. As reported by WHAV in April of last year and earlier, the problem is the roadway has never been accepted as a public way. As a result, the […]
Haverhill’s older sewer systems, worsened by a maintenance backlog, added to the overwhelming deluge of rain last month and contributed to significant damage to homes and businesses. Public Works Director Robert E. Ward, responding to city councilors last week, said some areas that received significant flooding received relief when debris was removed that blocked drainage […]
Heavy downpours Tuesday overwhelmed Haverhill sewer lines yesterday, bringing raw sewage into the street in one case Tuesday. Public Works Director Robert E. Ward said a 200- to 300-foot stretch of old brick sewer running from Washington Street to River Street below, between Gilbert Avenue and Ford Street, “blew out” bringing sewage into River Street. […]