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From YouTube: National Infrastructure Week Kickoff
Description
Mayor Walsh and Chief of Streets Chris Osgood announce the beginning of National Infrastructure Week at an active Boston Public Works lot in Roxbury, where Director of Construction Management Katie Choe explains the process of road re-surfacing with a live demonstration.
A
A
This
event
is
one
of
hundreds
that
are
happening
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
across
the
nation
as
part
of
National
Infrastructure
Week
week
to
really
recognize
what
the
important
thing
is
of
infrastructure
in
the
daily
lives
of
residents
in
our
nation.
A
few
weeks
ago,
the
mayor
was
in
Charlestown
released
the
city's
annual
capital
budget,
a
capital
budget
of
about
2.7,
eight
billion
dollars
over
the
next
five
years,
a
budget
that
puts
about
10%
of
that
funding
towards
resiliency,
to
make
Boston
more
resilient
for
generations
to
come.
A
That
budget
largely
stems
from
imagine
Boston
2030
a
citywide
master
plan,
the
first
citywide
master
plan
in
Boston
in
the
last
50
years,
and
that
plan
really
focuses
on
delivering
a
better
city
for
folks
in
Boston,
something
which
the
mayor
has
been
pushing
us
to
do
and
to
deliver
on.
So
it's
my
pleasure,
my
honor
to
be
able
to
welcome
to
the
mic
our
mayor
mayor,
Martin,
J
Walsh.
The
person
will
be
kicking
off
national
infrastructure
week
here
in
Boston.
B
Thank
you,
Chris,
and
let
me
just
thank
Chris
and
Katie.
Jarl
you're
gonna
hear
from
a
few
minutes
our
office
of
workforce
development.
Everyone
for
joining
us
here
today,
I
want
to
thank
all
of
all
the
workers,
in
particular
Public
Works
transportation.
They
do
the
work
every
single
day
here
and
they
they
keep
our
city
moving
and
they
fix
the
problems
and
I
truly
appreciate
the
great
work
they're
doing.
I
want
to
thank
normal
moment
parks
and
Darryl
Kaiser
for
their
work,
the
district
10
supervisors
here
and,
and
anyone
everyone
here
today.
B
Honestly
quite
honestly,
I'm
proud
of
the
kunafa
National
Infrastructure
Week.
Today
we
are
seeing
a
live
demonstration
on
how
our
city
roads
get
resurfaced.
It's
just
one
example
of
the
critical
work.
That's
happening
being
done
around
the
clock
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
365
days
a
year,
all
across
our
city,
dedicated
men
and
women,
help
keep
Boston
running
and
we're
grateful
for
their
hard
work.
Boston
is
making
historic
investments
in
infrastructure.
We
were
appearing
roads
and
bridges
such
as
North,
Washington,
Street
bridge,
contain
a
bridge.
B
We're
planning
construction
on
14
miles
of
sidewalks,
resurfacing,
52
miles
of
roadway
and
continue
to
make
our
streets
better
for
bikes
in
buses
and
cars
and
pedestrians
to
be
able
to
get
around
and
we're
not
just
repairing
the
infrastructure
of
the
past.
We're
creating
resilient
infrastructure
of
the
future.
Strong
infrastructure
is
certainly
critical
to
our
economic
success,
our
overall
overall
safety
and
our
quality
of
life.
That's
why
we're
going
to
continue
to
make
these
investments
seize
these
crucial
investments
and
we're
fortunate
to
have
the
opportunity
to
do
so,
and
very
strong.
B
Fiscal
management
has
maximized
our
capital,
but
we
still
can't
do
this
alone.
I
can't
just
be
a
city
investment
on
Wednesday
I'm,
going
to
be
traveling
to
Washington
DC
with
the
governor
to
make
the
case
for
federal
investment.
We
need
a
strong,
reliable,
federal
partner
and
right
now
we
don't
have
one.
Our
country
doesn't
have
a
national
infrastructure
plan
and
that
lack
of
investment
is
hurting
cities
and
towns.
All
across
this
country.
My
first
year
in
office
I
had
to
close
two
bridges
now
we're
spending
hundreds
and
millions
of
dollars
on
rebuilding
them.
B
It
shouldn't
have
gotten
to
that
point.
We
need
to
do
investments
now
to
save
our
nation's
billions
of
dollars,
of
losses
down
the
road,
and
we
don't
want
to
forget.
The
investing
in
the
infrastructure
is
more
than
rebuilding
a
bridge
or
repairing
a
sidewalk.
It's
also
about
rebuilding
a
strong
middle
class
for
every
dollar
that
we
spend
the
construction,
we're
creating
good
jobs
for
every
dollar.
We
spend
on
maintenance,
we're
creating
substantial
good
jobs.
That's
why
we're
expanding
access
to
these
jobs.
B
We
launched
City
Academy
in
2018
to
connect
and
train
residents
for
good
koreas
with
the
city
of
Austin.
We
graduated
our
first
class
in
January,
and
we've
already
placed
people
on
good
jobs
with
good
benefits,
but
we
need
more
funding
to
make
more
opportunities
available
in
Boston
and
across
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
B
Investing
in
an
infrastructure
is
ultimately
about
believing
in
our
future.
It's
about
protecting
our
communities
built
by
those
who
came
before
us.
It's
about
building
something
that
will
last
for
generations
and
it's
about
rebuilding
our
middle
class.
So
we
have
an
economy
that
works
for
everyone
and
I.
True
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
out
today
and
we'll
take
some
questions
in
a
little
bit,
but
I'm
going
to
turn
the
mic
back
over
to
Chris.
A
Work
she's
also
doing
work
to
think
about
what
methods
of
construction
we
need
to
be
able
to
confront
the
challenges
we're
facing
both
today
and
tomorrow.
For
that
work,
Katie
recently
received
an
award
from
the
environmental
business
council
of
New
England
for
her
work
in
creating
new
design
standards
around
climate
ready
and
climate
resilient
Boston.
It's
my
pleasure
to
welcome
our
chief
engineer,
Katie
Cho.
C
Thank
You
mayor
Walsh,
chief
Osgood
I'm
thrilled
to
welcome
you
all
here
in
honor
of
infrastructure
week
to
get
a
close
view
of
the
amazing
work
that
my
teams
do
to
maintain
and
improve
Boston's
streets
and
sidewalks.
Well.
My
remarks
are
primarily
to
get
you
the
information
that
you're
about
about
what
you're
about
to
see.
I
want
to
take
a
minute
to
introduce
myself.
C
I
joined
the
city
five
and
a
half
years
ago,
as
chief
engineer
to
oversee
the
public
works,
construction
program,
utility
coordination,
infrastructure,
asset
management,
ad,
a
compliance
and
infrastructure
resilience
and
climate
action
programs
I'm
a
proud,
JP
resident,
but
I
will
admit
that
I'm,
not
a
native
Bostonian
I,
grew
up
in
rural
Vermont
and
came
to
Boston
for
college,
where
I
fell
in
love
with
the
city.
I
earned
two
degrees
in
civil
engineering
and
construction
management
from
MIT
and
have
been
working
to
improve
the
region's
infrastructure.
C
I
want
to
give
you
a
give
a
huge
thank
you
to
Mario
Susie
from
Mario
Seussian
sons
of
Dorchester
right
here
and
my
paving
engineer,
Kevin
Lynn
ski
for
working
out
all
of
the
logistics
for
today's
demonstration
and
another
huge.
Thank
you
to
their
crews
for
being
good
sports
about
being
put
in
the
spotlight.
C
Today,
you
will
see
demonstrations
of
three
of
the
four
phases
of
resurfacing
project.
These
usually
happen
sequentially
over
the
course
of
three
to
five
days
for
a
street
of
the
size
of
Ritchie
Street.
The
first
phase
is
milling
or
cold
planing.
The
street,
approximately
two
inches
of
the
existing
pavement,
is
ground
off
of
the
street
to
remove
damage
and
create
room
for
the
new
surface.
Second,
we
level
or
reset
the
cast-iron
structures
in
the
roadway.
C
We
do
this
to
ensure
ensure
a
smooth
and
quiet
ride
over
the
new
roadway
and
to
eliminate
any
puddling
on
the
road.
This
phase
of
the
work
is
the
loudest
and
most
disruptive,
because
we
have
to
jackhammer
out
the
old
concrete
and
then
must
protect
the
new
concrete
from
being
driven
over
while
it
hardens
the
actual
paving
of
the
street
is
the
third
phase
to
lessen
our
environmental
impact.
C
We
use
an
asphalt
mix
that
includes
recycled
pavement
and
a
chemical
additive
that
allows
it
to
be
produced
at
50
degrees
lower
than
the
tip
than
typical
asphalt
pavement,
thereby
lowering
emissions
during
production.
The
fourth
and
last
phase
of
the
paving
project
is
replacing
the
pavement
markings.
We
can't
show
that
to
you
today,
because
pavement
needs
to
be
in
place
anywhere
between
2
and
14
days,
in
order
for
the
thermoplastic
markings
to
fully
adhere
to
the
roadway
and
maintain
their
color.
C
It
also
has
to
be
completely
dry
for
the
application
which,
given
all
the
rain
we've
had,
we
weren't
weren't
sure
it
was
going
to
happen
today
with
every
paving
operation.
We
also
bring
adjacent
pedestrian
ramps
into
a
DEA
compliance.
The
sidewalks
on
Ritchie
Street
are
programmed
for
full
reconstruction,
but
we
have
set
up
a
small,
concrete
demonstration
so
that
you
can
see
the
process
before
we
head
over
to
the
work.
I
need
to
give
you
a
quick
safety
briefing
as
a
reminder,
this
will
be
an
active
construction
site.
C
That's
not
just
for
show
the
equipment
and
the
activities
are
dangerous.
Fresh
asphalt
is
hot
and
it
will
burn
you
if
you
come
into
contact
with
it.
The
crews
are
used
to
working
around
the
public
and
we
have
added
personnel
today
to
make
sure
that
you
stay
safe,
but
we
ask
that
you
stay
outside
the
work
zone
and
follow
all
the
instruction
of
myself
for
the
crews.
Thank
you.
A
B
You
know
the
US
Conference
in
May,
it's
one
of
the
one
of
the
big
issues
that
we
work
on
and
it's
one
of
the
one
of
the
pills
of
misty
Benjamin's
tenure
as
president
US
Conference
of
Mayors
this
year
infrastructure-
and
you
know,
the
issues
that
we
have
here
in
Boston-
are
all
over
the
United
States
of
America,
both
in
rural
and
urban
and
suburban
communities.
So
it
really
is
important,
as
we
think
about
the
work
that
we
do
here
in
Boston.
B
Obviously,
an
urban
area
busy
urban
area,
other
cities
have
the
same
challenges
that
we
have
and
that's
why
I
kick
in
this
week
off
and
promoting
this
week.
The
way
we
are
first
of
all
for
people
of
Boston
when
you
go
out
and
do
some
filming
here,
people
of
Boston
getting
a
glimpse
of
it's
not
just
simple:
it's
not
just
simply
filling
a
pothole
there's,
there's
a
system
and
a
process
that
goes
along
with
that,
but
also
increasing
the
urgency
of
Donald
Washington
of
the
need
for
more
investment
is
key.
B
The
country
will
have
advocacy
groups
from
all
over
the
country
going
down
in
Washington
talking
to
the
Congress
and
Senators
to
let
them
know
the
importance
of
this
this
issue
and
that
you
know
it's
been
quite
a
while
now,
since
we've
had
some
major
infrastructure
investments
from
a
national
level-
and
it's
key
I
mean
you
think
about
we
think
about
today-
we
think
the
most
straight,
but
really
it's
it's
expanding
rail,
it's
communal,
rail,
it's
our
MBTA,
it's
it's
our
sidewalks
and
streets
and
upgrades,
and
in
safety
and
handicapped
ramps.
Accessibility.
B
C
So
the
longer
we
defer
maintenance,
the
more
it
costs
in
the
end,
so
we
always
want
a
good
quality
of
life
for
all
of
our
residents.
So
we
try
and
maintain
all
of
our
infrastructure
in
a
good
state
of
repair,
and
we
do
understand
that
construction
is
disruptive,
but
we
try
and
minimize
that
disruption
with
everything
when
we
do.
B
Anything
else
where
we
go
outside
I'll
watch
we're
gonna
watch
some
TV
they've
had
it
alright.
Thank
you
for
out
for
being
here
today
and
I
want
to
thank
Chris
too,
and
in
his
leadership
here
and
and
honest
to
god.
It's
the
folks
that
that
work
here
and
that
do
the
work
I
mean
we
when
something's
good.
We
get
the
credit
for
it,
but
it
really
is
KDC
and
Chris's
team
everybody's
team.
That
does
some
amazing
work
here.
So
thank
you.