Day 45; Aprons & Curbs (Upper Bluff Info)

As anticipated, we found ourselves with a concrete contractor in Village today. We were told they would be bringing in a "football team" worth of employees and they sure did. Alot of sidewalk and many driveway aprons were poured today.

Let me briefly talk about sidewalks. The original bid called for specific squares of sidewalks to be replaced. This however caused a somewhat chaotic approach for the concrete contractor to remove 2-3 squares, leave a couple, pull out another handful, leave some, pull some, etc etc etc. So, with some assistance from the Village Operational Budget, we are looking to relace much more if not all of the sidewalk squares in construction areas.

We also continue to work with residents on driveways. The Village repairs what we remove. Some residents are working to have the balance of the driveway replaced---that is at their cost. Be sure to be in contact with us if we have not already contacted you.

The water main crew on Woodland Circle had a rough 24 hours having to pull and re-lay many feet of pipe as the angle of the main was not hitting its exact mark and then there was an elevation problem as well. Re-work is very destructive to momentum. But, they move on.

The services on Kensington nearing Roxbury are nearing completion if not already done by end of day today.

OK, for my friends in the upper bluff, get ready. There is some great potential that the contractor could be starting in the removal of the pavement next week--as early as Monday. Now, when we say the removal of pavement, they pulverize and then would roll the remaining material in place, which can often get quite firm again. BUT, I want to start preparing you that your construction will be starting soon.

Also, on Monday, anticipate traffic limitations at the south end of the beach which the construction crew is working on some sanitary system manholes on Lakewood Blvd. This work will last the entire week and it will include the completion of the new storm line to the outfall of the beach.

We have a construction meeting on Thursday morning and after that meeting, I anticipate sending additional information and details about project schedules. I will most likely also send an email in addition to the blog to make sure that others who do not read this blog but check that email, can get caught up.