The Division of Ecological Restoration has funding available for Massachusetts municipalities to complete the critical collection of field data for culvert replacement design (field data collection) for a degraded or undersized culvert located in an area of high value for fish and wildlife habitat and which replacement would benefit community and ecological storm resiliency. The purpose of a field data collection is to gather technical information and analyses necessary to engineer and design a culvert or road-stream crossing to meet the goals of the Massachusetts River and Stream Crossing Standards. Eligible Projects must be located on a public way, owned and maintained by the town, and be associated with a freshwater, non-tidal stream crossing. Massachusetts municipalities are eligible to apply.
Interested communities can find more information in the RFR itself and are encouraged to contact Tim Chorey at 617-626-1541 or @email(link sends e-mail).
The deadline for the application is January 27, 2017. Tim Chorey can answer questions regarding potential projects up until January 16, 2017. After January 16, 2017 he can answer only technical questions about the application, and the questions must be submitted by email prior to January 20, 2017 5pm.