Friday 8/13 Day 131

What is a good Friday the 13th without rain to interrupt construction!! But, what a great week of progress last week, even with the rain on Friday!! There was one day this past week when the water main crew had put in over 420' of water main!! That is ALOT of pipe! We expect that water main should be completed in the next two weeks--assuming good weather and no other problems/issues.

As of Thursday, the water main was completed to the Farwell/Butternut intersection on the south. One reason they did not continue further is that under the asphalt, as you go down the Farwell hill at 500 Farwell drive, there was found a substantial amount of concrete again. Thursday was spent trying to get that concrete removed.

Also on Thursday, residential services were completed in the 700 block of Farwell Drive. There are still 2 services to be completed in that block, but those have to be completed after some sanitary work is completed.

Really good news:
All roads, except Farwell, have now been rebuilt with rock!! Even Farwell, where the water main started, has even started to get rebuilt!! This work will continue this week too.

There was additional concrete installed on New Castle and Charing cross this past week. We are now closer to being ready for those two roads to get the binder layer of asphalt this Thursday, 8/19.

Also, you may some some landscape restoration taking place in the Charing Cross/New Castle neighborhood. This is another good sign that the end may be near for those two streets.

Roxbury received its binder layer this past week, except for a couple hundred feet of one lane just off of Lakewood. Why was that left without asphalt you may ask?? I know, you assume it was for some critical reason. Unfortunately, the only reason I can tell you is that the asphalt contractor ran out of asphalt.

This week, look for more water main work in the 200-500 blocks of Farwell. This will make Farwell mstly impassable. Additional prep work will take place to be ready for asphalt on Thursday.

It may occur that later in the week, a private drive off Farwell will have their main and residential services replaced.

Finally, the last bit of news for this past week.....the last permit we were waiting for from the DNR has been issued for the pond area of the MBCC. There are no barriers remaining. We are about a month away before that project can begin, but we are holding a construction meeting this week to get the contractor and all utilities coordinated.

Have a good week and be aware that Farwell Drive in the 200-500 block will be severely limited for traffic this upcoming week.