The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-24
17 Highway Projects
 Officially Announced
All Bids to Be Submitted to Commissioner of Public
 WOrks-I7 Miles of Surface Included in Program

Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald today announced 17 new highway projects which include 17 miles of surface, improvement, 5 6-l0 miles of which will be on the Merritt Parkway, the construction of three bridges over railroad tracks and one over water, and the repair of a fifth bridge.
 Commissioner Macdonald in mak- ing the announcement of the IT new jobs said that through an agree- ment between Commissioner of Pulp lie works Robert A. Hurley and himself, contractors bids would be received by the former instead of by the Highway Department as in the past. This arrangement has been made in order that no legal ques- tions may arise due to the wording of the statute which set up the new Department of Public Works. The procedure to be followed will be practically the same as in the past, however. Contractors bids will be in sealed form and will be publicly opened by Commissioner Hurley at ZOO D. m. EST, Monday, August 2, in the Hall of the House of repre- sentatives in the State Capitol Ger tifled checks of specified amounts must accompany all bids.
 Merritt Parkway
 The Merritt Parkway projects call for the laying of reinforced con- crete pavement on 3 6-10 miles of the parkway between Pound Hill road and @ point between Taconic and Stanwick roads in Greenwich, and the grading and draining of two miles of the new road between Newton avenue and North avenue in Westport, except for section at the Saugatuck river.
 Rail crossing bridges are to be built at Newington Junction where the structure will be a three-span, concrete encased, steel girder struc- ture; and in the town of Windham where a two-span pony truss, steel bridge and Q 60-foot span, steel beam bridge will be erected over the tracks of the New Haven Railroad and the Central Vermont Railroad, respectively.
 As @ flood relief project, 6o-foot nine inch skew span, I-beam bridge will be constructed over the French river on the Buckley Hill road. Re- pair work is scheduled in another project for the Congress street bridge over the Poquonnock river in Bridgeport.
 Tn addition to the above, Com missioner Macdonald announced that @ wood bulkhead would be built on Plum Bank road in Old Say brook, and 2l0o feet of reinforced concrete paving would be laid on Tomac avenue in Greenwich. Bids were at the same time called on nine Town Aid projects in 0ranby Chaplin, Preston, Cornwall, Cole brook, '-iiitngworth, Lebanon, Hampton d Lisbon. All of the lat- ter jobs, sept that in 0ranby where waterbound maeadam paw , ing will be done. consist of gravel surfacing on local town roads.
 The work announced by Commis- sioner Macdonald today is briefly described as follows:
 Flood Relief Project
 Town of Thompson Q 60-foot O. inch skew, span I-bean and about $40 feet of rolled gravel at the French river on the Buckley HI! road known as Buckley Bridge.
 U. S. Works Program
 Town of Newington-3-span con- crete encased steel girder bridge over tracks of N. r., N. II. & II, R. R. and approaches at Newington Junction. Length of project 3,o75 feet.
 Town of Windham - One 2-span pony truss steel bridge over the tracks of the N. r., N. H. & II. R. R.; one 60-foot span steel beam bridge over tracks of Central Ver- cont R. R.; together with necessary approaches. Length of project 2,7e0 feet.
 State Aid
 Town of old Saybrook - A wood bulkhead on the Toms and Hickey property at Plum Bank road.
 Town of Greenwich = 2,l00 feet of reinforced concrete pavement on Tomac avenue.
 Merritt Parkway
 Town of Greenwich - About 19,- 0i2 feet reinforced concrete pave- ment on Merritt Parkway beginning at Pound Hill road and extending easterly to a point between Taconic and Stanwick roads
 Town of Westport About l0,- 5eo feet of grading and drainage on Merritt Parkway beginning ct New ton avenue and extending easterly to North avenue, excepting e section at saugatuek river l,27o feet ifl length.
 City Project
 Csty of Bridgeport = Repairs to Congress street bridge over Po- quonnock river.
 Town Aid Projects
 Town of Granby - About 4,00S feet of waterbound macadam on Day street.