Town to Lift Detour on Broadway at Noon
North Attleborough officials report that the Town has completed its partial demolition of the Webster Mill Building.
On Wednesday, March 6, the remaining wooden portions of the Webster Mill building were demolished by Plainville Pump per the Board of Survey and Building Inspector Butler’s recommendation. This decision was made in accordance with MGL Chapter 143 Section 14. The only remaining structure left of the Webster Mill is the concrete building which was determined by the Board of Survey to be structurally safe for the time being.
The detour will be lifted at noon and Broadway will be reopened to all traffic.
The debris from the wooden portion of the building was covered with a ten mil reinforced poly film membrane to mitigate the spread of asbestos or other hazardous materials into the air. The Town’s contracted environmental specialists have also conducted air quality monitoring throughout the demolition process to ensure asbestos levels in air samples met the Massachusetts’ Department of Labor Standards and Department of Enviromental Protection’s clearance criteria of 0.010 f/cc (fibers/cubic cm).
All results from perimeter air samples were less than 0.010 f/cc, or <LOQ. These results indicate that there were so few fibers of asbestos detected that the results could not meet the limit to quantify them accurately.
“I would like to thank our Board of Survey, including Director of Public Works Mark Hollowell, Fire Chief Christopher Coleman, Building Inspector Brian Butler and disinterested party Steve Cabral, our contractors, MassDEP and all other parties that worked to promptly address the imminent threats the Webster Mill posed to our community,” Town Manager Michael Borg said. “Together, we all worked collaboratively to prevent the imminent threat of the building’s collapse while following all protocols and procedures set forth to ensure the safety of our community. We now look forward to working with the owners to determine the next steps with the building so that we can clean up any hazardous materials and begin the efforts of revitalizing and repurposing this piece of land.”
The remaining building on the property has been boarded up to prevent anyone from entering and the Town will erect a 6-foot chain-link fence sounding the property’s perimeter.
Over the next couple of months, the Town will work with the property owners to properly dispose of the pile of debris that remains on the premises.
To read more about the demolition, click here.
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