Project Overview The Town of Mendon is committed to solving the water issues on Journeys End that contributes to unsafe driving conditions, increased annual maintenance costs, erosion and diminished water quality in the Rutland City Watershed. The project will reconstruct .22 miles of Journeys End currently a gravel road, install erosion control measures and prepare the base for paving and then pave. The Journeys End Project is designed to solve the roads’ 2 main issues. First, water from multiple driveways and from the roadway is causing erosion of the road and filling up the undersized ditch with sediment. Water sheeting across the road causes significant icing in the winter. One section of the road has underground water surfacing in the road further contributing to the erosion of the road and sediment filling the ditches. The water then enters a private pond before ultimately entering Mendon Brook. Second, the existing dirt section of the road will be reconstructed and paved. The project will include remediation of a spot where the water is surfacing in the roadway. Tree removal and bank excavation to open up the road to allow for three foot (3’) U-shaped grass ditches to be installed on one side of the road. A power pole will be relocated by Green Mountain Power. The project will reconstruct three hundred and sixty (360’) feet of ditches. The water from the location of the root cellar downhill on the road will be directed off the road with proper crowning of the road into appropriate ditches where it will enter the existing catch basin and cross culvert before entering the pond. The water from beyond the root cellar on the uphill side of the road will be directed off the road with proper crowning and into a catch basin and a cross culvert to deposit the water into a vegetated area. Driveway culverts will also be installed to direct water into the designated vegetated area. The Better Roads Program Journeys End Erosion Control Project Application (redacted) is attached for further description detail of the project. (See attached)
