High-fives for all! It’s time for the highlights from City Manager Tom Aspell’s weekly memo.
“Do you need to dispose of hazardous waste sitting around your home?” Tom asked.
More than we’d like to admit, Tom. We hope that you’re not just being a nosy Nelly but actually have a solution for this quandary.

“Bring it to Concord’s household hazardous waste collection at the Everett Arena on Sept. 25 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,” he wrote, answering our prayers to the hazardous waste gods.

Now here’s the small print: Only Concord residents can get rid of their waste, so proof of residency will be required (We’re looking at you, Bow. Just kidding. We love you . . . we just don’t want your waste touching our waste).

According to Tom, residents may bring up to 10 gallons or 20 pounds of materials. Containers cannot be larger than five gallons.

We can’t wait for this memo to be over so we can start collecting all the waste strewn about our cubicle.

Manholes galore

We know exactly what you’re thinking right now: What’s the dealio with the drain work on Broadway and Allison Street?

Okay, you may have stopped using the word “dealio” in 1994, but here’s the answer:

On Monday, Merrill Construction began replacing two manholes and 60 linear feet of collapses brick drain main with reinforced concrete pipe, Tom wrote.

“The first manhole is in the middle of Broadway, at Allison Street, they will be going west into Allison Street,” you-know-who wrote.

This means that traffic will be down to one lane on Broadway during the daytime construction hours and the excavation will be plated and opened for two-lane traffic at night.

Allison Street will be closed to through traffic between Kimball and Broadway daily and opened to traffic at night during the construction, Tom wrote.

To put it more simply: Driving on Allison Street and Broadway during the day = bad; nighttime = good.

“The rehabilitation of the brick manholes on Allison and Humphrey Streets will be complete this week,” Tom promised.

We’re holding you to that, Tom. Expect to see us inspecting the manholes come Friday.
According to Tom, the manholes that are being rehabilitated were part of the lining project of some drain pipe that was failing on these streets.

Believe it or not, Tom wrote three pages of weekly memo. If you’re looking for a pleasure read, find the entire memo at onconcord.com/citymanager.