I swing by Burlington a few times a week as it’s about ten minute from home. I suspect they are waiting for equipment delivery before they start work other than the utility conduit work they’ve done already.
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Supercharger - Burlington, MA
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And just now we have some more conduit work in the parking lot by Sweetgreen.
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This afternoon, construction appears to have stopped. There are no fences or equipment on site, just some sealed off conduits sticking out of the grund
I think it’s been this way for a few weeks (possibly wrong with respect to fencing down/on the ground). The crew doing this work may have been just doing utilities and nothing more. We’ll see what the coming weeks look like now that the holidays are over
There is a chance this project is on hold until the local utility, Eversource, can complete a requested installation of conduit and manholes along Middlesex Tpk adjacent to the project. The proposal came up for public hearing on November 8th, and I assume it was approved without opposition. The proposal can be found on page 39 (Item #310) at https://www.burlington.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11082021-718. Eversource is also working with the town on permits to do some expansion at the substation at 64A Middlesex Tpk as well.
When I attend the the site walkthrough last year I overheard Tesla speaking with the town engineer who was concerned about historical overutilization of the grid in the area of the mall, and that it might be a problem that needed to be solved for the high power needs of the supercharger. This may in fact be what is going on here.
Other than making inquiries along these lines, I guess we just wait and see when construction resumes.
When I attend the the site walkthrough last year I overheard Tesla speaking with the town engineer who was concerned about historical overutilization of the grid in the area of the mall, and that it might be a problem that needed to be solved for the high power needs of the supercharger. This may in fact be what is going on here.
Other than making inquiries along these lines, I guess we just wait and see when construction resumes.
Fences are up again around the site as of this evening. So construction should resume soon!
So today some equipment in a storage container a bobcat and an excavator appeared sometime during the day.
Crew on-site and site work begun.
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Today's status update - slow progress on the trench for the pedestal conduits and what is probably the form for the supercharger and switchgear cabinets. Progress, but seems like there might be a small crew on this job vs. some of the builds in the New England area by another contractor. No Tesla supercharger equipment or electrical conduit visible onsite yet.
When I was there 6 days ago, there were only two workers on site. I chatted briefly with them.
Friday updates - 8/12 pedestal bases are in place and the supercharger equipment is on-site staged in the adjacent parking lot.
Friday update. Work continues on the pad forms; pedestal bases are set and conduit work to them has begun; bollard posts in place.
Weekly-ish update. Pedestal trench backfilled, conduit work to supercharger pad appears mostly done. Working on transformer pad form.
One down… 11 to go. No sign of further forms work since last visit.
So, a quick run by today reveals.... the previous pedestal is no longer in place. But two others have popped up in it's place. I think these guys are learning as they go 
They should have had all pedestals placed by now.
They should have had all pedestals placed by now. Similar threads
