Design work continues to progress well on the Village of New Berlin’s drinking water infrastructure upgrade project. Our design and project management engineer, Barton & Loguidice, has divided the design work into two portions: 1) Water treatment and storage, and 2) water-main replacement and distribution network upgrades.  Monthly public workshops over the last several months held with the Village Board have now brought both phases to the 60-percent design point.   

Construction on this project is scheduled to start in mid- 2026 and run through the late summer of 2027.  Most of the new distribution/water mains will not be buried directly under the Village street or State Highway (Rt. 8/Main St.) but rather in the Right-of-Way area adjacent to the roadway:  Such alignment ;1) minimizes personal inconvenience and closure periods/travel disruption, 2) reduces the likelihood and disruption of future repairs, or 2)  avoids other existing above and below ground utilities.

This work area will on occasion exceed the legally-acknowledged Right of Way area and include portions of the strip of a property owner’s land between the interior (house-side) of the sidewalk line and the curb/roadway shoulder. Disruption in the impacted areas will be minimized and any temporary changes to the work area will be fully restored.

In the coming days, residents whose properties may be impacted during construction will be receiving a form in the mail that outlines the granting of a permanent and/or temporary easement. Granting the requested easement will allow the Village and the hired contractors access to this specific area of their property for purposes of construction and subsequent maintenance needs.  While the requested area may be disturbed during construction and future maintenance activities, the area will be restored to its pre-existing condition following the completion of the work.

The easement you receive will need to be signed, notarized and returned to the Village of New Berlin Office (13 South Main Street) or mailed to our engineers, Barton & Loguidice, 443 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool, NY 13088.

  To facilitate the easement approval process, a public meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 27^th from  5:30-7:30 PM at the Chobani Community Center, 75 S Main St, New Berlin, NY 13411. This meeting will serve to answer residents’ questions on their particular easement and provide a free notary for executing easements.

The Village of New Berlin and Barton and Loguidice thank you for your continued cooperation and support as we work to improve the Village’s water system for generations to come. For questions, please contact the Village Office or the Barton & Loguidice project engineer (Lauren Howard) directly at 315-378-8546.