Street Improvement Project to Begin in Pittsfield

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield has announced the commencement of a street improvement project beginning Monday, April 14.
 
From April 14 to April 18, the city's contractor will be lowering structures and milling the following roads: Joseph Drive, Backman Avenue, Jason Street (from Friar Drive to West Street), Orlando Avenue, and Ridge Avenue.
 
On-street parking will be prohibited on these roads between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. during the work. Motorists are advised to exercise caution when traveling in these areas. The schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions.
 
The roadwork on the aforementioned streets is part of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. Additional street improvements planned for this spring/summer under the FY25 budget include Newell Street, Meadow Lane, Daniels Avenue, Valentine Road (following water line replacement), and King Street (following water line replacement).
 
The state will also be repaving South Street (from East/West Housatonic Streets to the Country Club of Pittsfield), First Street (from East Street to Tyler Street), and North Street (from Berkshire Medical Center to the Lanesborough Town Line).
 
The city anticipates beginning road projects for Fiscal Year 2026 later this year, with an announcement to follow once the list is finalized.
 
Updates on city news can be found on the City Hall- City of Pittsfield Facebook page, Mayor Peter Marchetti's Facebook page, and the Pittsfield Mayor's Office Instagram account.
 
 

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Dalton Considers Updating its Municipal Code

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The town is considering updating its original 18-year municipal code to 2026 standards. 
 
During a recent Select Board meeting, General Code New England account manager Zach Dumont outlined the 18- to-24 month process. 
 
General Code New England is a division of the International Code Council, which writes all the statewide building codes across the United States. For the last 18 years, the organization has been the codifier for municipalities. 
 
"We work with communities to build, maintain, and update your local municipal code. That is your collection of bylaws, ordinances, regulations, and any other legislation you've ever adopted," Dumont said. 
 
Once the project is complete, the town would have a fully updated set of books and an improved eCode360 site, he said. 
 
"The way the process would work is we would put together a scope of work, a timeline, a price point, and everything that we would want to touch or do as a part of the code project," Dumont said. 
 
When a municipal code is built, it has a general lifespan of about 15 to 20 years, and although that is a long time, it goes by very quickly, he said. 
 
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