A. 
Unless otherwise specified, all the work and the materials used in the work to be done shall conform to the requirements of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Transportation, Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (the "Standard Specifications"), current edition, hereinafter referred to as the "Standard Specifications," as amended, and the special provisions included hereinafter.
[Amended 6-22-2021]
B. 
Certain specifications or special provisions shall supplement the aforesaid Standard Specifications and apply particularly to the work done hereunder. References in the following specifications, unless otherwise stated, are to be the aforesaid Standard Specifications. In case of conflict between these certain specifications or special provisions and the aforesaid Standard Specifications, these certain specifications and special provisions shall take precedence and shall govern.
[Amended 6-22-2021]
C. 
To facilitate reference, the following subsections are noted with an underlined section number, which references a particular section in the Standard Specifications, which pertains to the respective subsection in these regulations.
D. 
Wherever in the Standard Specifications or other contractual documents the following terms, or pronouns in place of them are used, the intent and meaning shall be interpreted by substitution as follows:
(1) 
"Commonwealth": Town of Upton.
(2) 
"Department Engineer": Director of Public Works or his/her designee.
[Amended 6-22-2021]
E. 
The extent of work required is as shown approximately upon approved plans, and in compliance with the Standard Cross Section Plans (see Appendix).[1] Stakes shall be set which will indicate the exact amount of cut or fill.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix C, Illustrations and Cross Sections, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
F. 
As each construction operation is completed, the Department of Public Works and/or official Planning Board representative previous to starting work in the succeeding operation shall approve it.
G. 
At the time a street or way or portion thereof is ready for acceptance and to facilitate acceptance by the Town of Upton, the developer shall have prepared and certified by a registered land surveyor a plan of acceptance drawn in black line or blue line on white bond paper, showing widths, lengths and bearings of all boundary lines of streets and easements and radii, tangents and central angles of all curves in street lines. It shall show that all permanent bounds have been set according to plans and specifications. A blank space (four inches by eight inches) shall be provided on the lower right-hand corner of the plan for a title block to be filled in by the Planning Board. The surveyor shall place a certification of the plan, stating, "the street (or way or portion thereof) is laid out and the bounds have been set as shown on this plan," and it shall be dated, signed and the surveyor's stamp affixed thereon. The plan shall be submitted to the Planning Board.
H. 
The developer will have the original plans and profiles that were submitted to the Planning Board and that are on file in the Planning Board office corrected and certified by his engineer to show the actual as-built locations and grades of all utilities and roadway profile and any changes authorized by the Planning Board.
A. 
Roadways shall be constructed for the full length of all streets within the subdivision and shall have the same curb radius required in Article IV, § 310-13B. The center line of all roadways shall coincide with the center line of the street right-of-way unless the Planning Board approves a deviation. The minimum of roadways shall be as follows:
(1) 
Minor streets: 26 feet.
(2) 
Secondary streets: 30 feet, except in a subdivision in which the average lot size is an acre or more the roadway may be reduced to 26 feet.
(3) 
Major streets: 36 feet, except in a subdivision in which the average lot size is an acre or more the roadway may be reduced to 32 feet. If in the opinion of the Planning Board, volume generated by other areas of the Town using such street exceeds the limits of a thirty-two-foot roadway, the roadway should be 40 feet.
B. 
The roadway shall be graded and prepared for pavement as follows (applicable reference to the Standard Specifications is provided below for each item):
(1) 
101.00 Clearing and grubbing of the entire area of such street or way shall be performed to remove all stumps, brush, roots and like material which may exist upon the surface. All stumps shall be removed by grinding or shall be removed from the subdivision. Burial of stumps within the subdivision shall not be permitted.
(2) 
120.00 Roadway earth excavation shall be removed of all unsuitable materials encountered down to the true surface of the subgrade, in preparation of foundation of roadway, sidewalks, driveways and berms. Approved materials such as gravel and loam obtained in the excavation may be used in fills as required if, in the opinion of the Department of Public Works, they are suitable.
(3) 
150.00 When, in the opinion of the Department of Public Works, suitable material is not available within the limits of the highway location to form the subgrade or subbase, the contractor shall obtain such additional material from sources in accordance with this section and as may be approved by the Department of Public Works.
(4) 
170.00 The subgrade 20 1/2 inches for minor streets and 26 1/2 inches for secondary and major streets below the finished surface grade shall be prepared true to the lines, grades and cross sections given and properly rolled. All soft or spongy or other unsuitable material below the subgrade surface shall be removed to a depth determined by the Department of Public Works, and the space thus made shall be filled with special gravel borrow, containing no stones over six inches in their largest diameter.
(5) 
401.00 A gravel subbase or foundation containing no stones having any dimensions greater than three inches shall be spread on the surface of the subgrade to a minimum depth of 24 inches for secondary and major streets in conformity with the requirements of Section M1.03.0 for furnishing gravel borrow. Placement and compaction shall be in six-inch lifts.
(6) 
401.60. Fine grading, rolling and finishing, including the shaping, trimming, and rolling and finishing of the surface of the subbase prior to application of gravel for surfacing of the roadway and base courses for walks or loam for berms, shall be in accordance with this section as directed by the Department of Public Works. At the conclusion of this step, the roadway shall be staked in all locations; permanent monuments are to be installed as provided in Subsection 7.13 of the Standard Specifications.
(7) 
460.00. The wearing surfaces of roadways shall be of Class I bituminous concrete pavement, Type I-1. This type of pavement shall be composed of mineral aggregate, mineral filler and bituminous material, plant-mixed and laid hot. The pavement shall be constructed in two courses with a binder coat upon prepared surface of at least three inches in depth after rolling, and in conformity with lines, grades and typical cross section shown on plans. The topcoat shall be at least 1.25 inches in depth after rolling. Material and construction methods shall conform to all other requirements of Section B-18 of the Standard Specifications, except that no such construction shall be undertaken before March 30 of any year, nor after November 1 of any year, without written permission of the Planning Board and the Department of Public Works.
C. 
Embankments outside the right-of-way shall be evenly graded and pitched at a slope of not greater than four horizontal to one vertical in fill. Where cuts are made in ledge, other slopes may be determined with the approval of the Planning Board and the Department of Public Works. Where terrain necessitates greater slopes, retaining walls, terracing, fencing, or riprap may be used either alone in or combination to provide safety and freedom from maintenance, but must be done in accordance with plans filed with the Planning Board and approved by the Department of Public Works. Whenever embankments are built in such a way to require approval by the Planning Board and the Department of Public Works, the subdivider must furnish to the Town duly recorded access easements for maintenance of the slopes, terraces, or retaining walls. All such slopes shall be grassed in accordance with the specifications above for the area between the roadway and sidewalk or roadway and boundary of the right-of-way.
D. 
Common driveways require a nonrefundable filing fee of $500 and a refundable engineering review fee of $2,000 per lot. All plans will be reviewed by the Board's engineer and appropriate Town departments as determined by the Board.
A. 
Water mains, wells and their appurtenances shall be installed in accordance with the rules of the Department of Public Works in order to supply each lot with an adequate water supply for domestic use approved by the Planning Board, and respectively, by the Board of Health and for fire protection approved by the Fire/EMS Chief.
B. 
140.00 Excavation for structures, including foundations for drains, sewers and water pipes, walls and other structures, shall be made to the depth as indicated on plans. Rock excavation designated as Class B encountered in trench excavation shall be removed as directed by the Department of Public Works.
C. 
200.00 All drain, sewer, gas and water pipes and other structures shall be installed upon the completion of roadway subgrade and before the placing of the subbase, gravel base course, sidewalks or pavement.
D. 
Pipes, manholes and catch basins for the disposal of surface and subsurface water shall be provided according to the sizes and depths as indicated on the plan and in conformity with the requirements of Sections 200.00, 220.00, and 230.00 of the Standard Specifications. The standard depth of catch basins shall be four feet below invert of lowest drain. Manholes shall be constructed to the required depth of each junction point and as shown on the plan. No more than four pipe drains shall be connected to any drain manhole. Pipe culvert and pipe drains shall be in conformity with the requirements of Section 230.00 for installation of pipes. Cement concrete pipe and reinforced concrete pipe (used on all cross drains under pavements) shall be installed according to the size as shown on the plans. No backfilling of pipes shall be done until the installation had been inspected by the Department of Public Works. All drainage trenches except cross drains shall be filled with clean gravel borrow in accordance with specification 760. All cross-drain trenches shall be backfilled with selected material satisfactory to the Department of Public Works.
E. 
On site sewage disposal facilities shall be installed and constructed in conformity with the rules, regulations and requirements of the Board of Health and the Planning Board when appropriate.
F. 
Installation of telephone and electric lines and all utilities shall be underground.
G. 
Where adjacent property is not subdivided or where all property of the applicant is not being subdivided at the same time, provision shall be made for the extension of the utility system by continuing the mains the full length of streets and to the exterior limits of the subdivision, at such grade and size which will, in the opinion of the Planning Board, permit their proper extension.
A. 
700.00 Bituminous concrete sidewalks having a minimum thickness of three inches after compaction shall be constructed on a six-inch gravel foundation to the required lines and grades in accordance with these specifications. The contractor may install a machine formed bituminous concrete curb, cross section to be approved by the Department of Public Works in place of berm, if desired.
B. 
700.00 If desired, granolithic sidewalks shall be constructed as directed by the Department of Public Works in conformity with this section of the Standard Specifications.
Installation of curbs, gutters, or integral rolled curb and gutter shall be in accordance with the specifications of the Department of Public Works.
The slope of the grass plot shall be shown on the profiles and standard cross section, and preparation and seeding of the plots shall be in accord with Section 765.00 of the Standard Specifications.
A. 
Trees shall be planted in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Public Works.
B. 
Removal and disposal of trees not intended for preservation shall be as designated by the Department of Public Works.
Monuments shall be standard permanent portland cement, concrete or granite-square markers approved by the Department of Public Works and installed at the time of final grading with the top flush with the top final-graded surface, according to the specifications of the Department of Public Works.