Highway Division

About

The Highway Department provides maintenance and improvement to approximately 153+ miles of town roads.  Some responsibilities of the Highway Department include: maintenance of town equipment, roads, traffic lines, installation of traffic and street signs, brush control along roadways, street cleaning, catch basins and storm water drain cleaning, drainage systems, snow and ice control, resurfacing, sealing of streets, maintaining nine town owned bridges and three dams. In addition to these tasks, the Highway Department also works as agents of the Tree Warden, maintaining all shade trees within the town’s right-of-ways.

2025 Townwide Paving Program

The Town of Westford is pleased to announce its 2025 Townwide Paving Program, which aims to improve road conditions throughout the community. This comprehensive project will enhance driving safety, improve roadway durability, and provide smoother travel surfaces for residents and visitors alike.  Newport Construction was the low bidder for this year's work with a bid of $947,075 to pave 20 roads.  Additionally, Newport will pave 13 additional roads through the mitigation agreement at no cost to Westford tax payers (estimated value of $410,000).

Program Overview
The 2025 paving program will focus on resurfacing and repairing 33 roads across town. The selected roadways have been identified based on factors such as current pavement condition, traffic volume, and the necessity for improved drainage and safety measures. A list of the roads and proposed work can be found HERE.

Planned Schedule
OCTOBER 1 UPDATE:
The contractor is scheduled to perform milling operations on Thursday, October 2, on Concord Road between Hildreth Street and Elliot Road.  Paving of Lowell Road and Concord Road is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday next week (10/7-8).  Paving schedules can vary greatly due to weather so please check into our facebook page for updates (www.facebook.com/westfordpublicworks).

What to Expect
Residents should anticipate temporary detours, periodic lane closures, and some noise during construction hours. The Town will make every effort to minimize disruptions and maintain access for emergency services, school buses, and local traffic.

We appreciate your cooperation and patience as we work to improve our town's infrastructure. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Westford Department of Public Works at (978) 692-5520.

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SEPTEMBER 25 UPDATE:
The contractor is scheduled to perform milling operations on Thursday, September 25 on the Lowell Road.  Paving of Tenney Road and Long Sought For Pond Road is scheduled for Friday, September 25 and Monday, September 29.  

SEPTEMBER 9 UPDATE:
The contractor is scheduled to perform paving operations on Tuesday, September 9 and Wednesday, September 10 on the following roads:  Sycamore Road, Salem Road, Willow Road, Beech Road, Chesapeake Drive, and Hutchins Way.  

SEPTEMBER 5 UPDATE:
The contractor is scheduled to perform paving operations on Monday, September 8 and Tuesday, September 9 on the following roads:  Betty Lane, Sweetwood Circle, Cherry Lane, Churchill Court.

SEPTEMBER 4 UPDATE:
The contractor is scheduled to perform milling operations on Hutchins Way on Friday, September 5.  Paving on the following roads is scheduled for 9/5 and 9/8:  Butternut Road, Holly Road, Cherry Lane, Churchill Court. 

SEPTEMBER 3 UPDATE:
The contractor is scheduled to perform milling operations on Wednesday, September 3 and Thursday, September 4 on the following roads: Sycamore Road, Salem Road, Beech Road, Willow Road.

AUGUST 12 UPDATE: Paving operations are set to begin on Wednesday, August 13 on Stoneview Drive, Maura Circle, and Carver Circle. Milling operations are scheduled for Wenesday, and the contractor expects to raise drainage structures on Thursday and Friday. Paving the roads is tentatively scheduled for next week.  
The contractor is scheduled to pave the Forge Village area roads UPDATEstarting on August 4.  Work is expected to begin on Orchard Street and then proceed to Hill Street, Story Street, Elm Street, Lincoln Avenue, Pershing Street, Smith Street, Alcorn Crossing, and Hutchins Way.  We anticipate this work taking three days.  

JULY 15 UPDATE:  The Contractor is planning to begin activities on Coolidge Street, Hill Street, Story Street, Elm Street, Lincoln Avenue, Pershing Street, Smith Street, and Orcard Street on Wednesday, July 16.  Initial activities will include milling of roadways and keyways for driveway matching.  Later this week, the subcontractor will begin reconstructing/resetting drainage structures and water valves in the roadways.  Toward the end of the week, the Contractor will move the operations to Alcorn Crossing and Hutchins Way.

We anticipate the paving of the above roads over the two weeks following.  Please look for work crews and avoid parking on the street when activities are ongoing, and please expect delays.

Newport Construction is scheduled to begin operations on Thursday, May 29.  Work on 5/29 is scheduled to include milling of a portion of Texas Road, Milling a portion of Carlisle Road (in front of Jack Walsh Field), and milling butt joints at the driveways on Texas Road,  Hayrick Lane, Sterling Lane, Autumn Leaf Lane and Sherlock Lane.

The work is scheduled to begin in April and must be completed by September 30.  

Trees

For trees overgrowing and in danger of falling onto utility wires, contact National Grid at 1-800-322-3223. They will log the information and an arborist will process the request.