Rain Rain come again on Friday!! Or so it appears. We shall see if we can get any work completed tomorrow or if we get rained out again.
Today, Woodland Circle road base was completed. That will sure make any rain this weekend easier to take!! It does not mean that it will be perfect though, so still drive cautiously.
The Road Crew then went down to get the intersection of Kensington and Roxbury rebuilt. However, they cant rebuild Roxbury until residential services are completed next week. The test sample for the Roxbury main was sent in and should be back tomorrow. Services will be completed on Monday. You should avoid driving on Roxbury between Lakewood and Kensington. A Cadillac Escalade found that out the hard way. Yup, buried up to the floor boards.
A good amount of sidewalk and some driveway aprons got poured on Kensington today.
Water main crews worked installing main westbound on New Castle today. There was a stretch of Sanitary Sewer that they had to dig under so that slowed progress but they were heading toward Charing Cross at lunch time today.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Day 66
Good Day today!!! Beautiful weather; good work completed!!
Woodland Circle:
The road reconstruction really made good progress on Woodland Circle today. With still a few hours left in their work day, they were getting close to completing that road base on the rest of Woodland.
Roxbury:
The new water main was done being cleaned/"cooked", so today they needed to blow out the line. No, there is not a new geyser on Roxbury at Lakewood; however, without having a fire hydrant to clean out the new line, they install a valve which is used to clean out that line. Once the line is run freely open for a long period of time, then the water samples can be taken and submitted. Most likely, we will not get those sample results back until late Friday or even Monday. This means that residential services will not be started until those results are completed.
Assuming that Woodland Circle road base is/was completed, they will be moving over to the Roxbury/Kensington intersection next to rebuild. After residential services are completed on Roxbury, they will move to rebuilding the road.
Also in the lower bluff, street clean up and preparation
continued for the concrete contractor to come and begin to set up frames for aprons and sidewalks. Look for them to be here possibly tomorrow.
Upper Bluff, New Castle at Lakewood Blvd;
As I ran into an upper bluff resident late afternoon today, we had a discussion which in short, revolved around the fact that we need additional signs just past the "Road Closed" signs that says..."Yes, we meant it" and/or, "Yes, this includes you too!!"
There was a hole in the road today at Lakewood and New Castle that we could have fit a bus inside. There was no way any vehicle was getting through that intersection; but, many people drove up to the intersection only to find that in fact, it was closed. That will happen; we simply don't have sign boards that can cover all possible messages. We just beg for your patience and do the best you can to find your way on alternate routes to avoid these locations.
The water main tie-in was started at Lakewood/New Castle and they will continue westbound on New Castle from there. Remember they can lay several hundred feet of water main per day if the conditions are good, so their work zone will move swiftly down New Castle.
Woodland Circle:
The road reconstruction really made good progress on Woodland Circle today. With still a few hours left in their work day, they were getting close to completing that road base on the rest of Woodland.
Roxbury:
The new water main was done being cleaned/"cooked", so today they needed to blow out the line. No, there is not a new geyser on Roxbury at Lakewood; however, without having a fire hydrant to clean out the new line, they install a valve which is used to clean out that line. Once the line is run freely open for a long period of time, then the water samples can be taken and submitted. Most likely, we will not get those sample results back until late Friday or even Monday. This means that residential services will not be started until those results are completed.
Assuming that Woodland Circle road base is/was completed, they will be moving over to the Roxbury/Kensington intersection next to rebuild. After residential services are completed on Roxbury, they will move to rebuilding the road.
Also in the lower bluff, street clean up and preparation
continued for the concrete contractor to come and begin to set up frames for aprons and sidewalks. Look for them to be here possibly tomorrow.
Upper Bluff, New Castle at Lakewood Blvd;
As I ran into an upper bluff resident late afternoon today, we had a discussion which in short, revolved around the fact that we need additional signs just past the "Road Closed" signs that says..."Yes, we meant it" and/or, "Yes, this includes you too!!"
There was a hole in the road today at Lakewood and New Castle that we could have fit a bus inside. There was no way any vehicle was getting through that intersection; but, many people drove up to the intersection only to find that in fact, it was closed. That will happen; we simply don't have sign boards that can cover all possible messages. We just beg for your patience and do the best you can to find your way on alternate routes to avoid these locations.
The water main tie-in was started at Lakewood/New Castle and they will continue westbound on New Castle from there. Remember they can lay several hundred feet of water main per day if the conditions are good, so their work zone will move swiftly down New Castle.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Day 65
Well, once again with the rain, there was very little accomplished in terms of construction. Crew members were around the sites doing some general maintenance, cleaning up piles of concrete, removing unused pipe, etc.
Tomorrow is supposed to be better weather so if we get some drying, we will get the crews back at it.
Tomorrow is supposed to be better weather so if we get some drying, we will get the crews back at it.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Monday, DAY 64
Good work completed today.
WOODLAND CIRCLE: Several storm inlets were installed today. Also, road reconstruction made it about halfway down the interior block. They hope to finish that road reconstruction tomorrow---though rain is also expected so be cautious about that.
ROXBURY ROAD: Water main was just about completed when I left that area at mid-afternoon. I would think that it got completed today. That means that the new main will begin getting tested for pressure, filled, and then water sampled very soon. Once all tests are completed, the three residential services will be done.
NEW CASTLE/CHARING CROSS: Based on weather, these two roads should start as a crew is made available. The Village has all permits necessary to begin work in the upper bluff.
Kensington sidewalk and driveway work was also a focal point today. Concrete was scheduled for tomorrow but based on weather, we may not see them.
Hope for clear weather.....
WOODLAND CIRCLE: Several storm inlets were installed today. Also, road reconstruction made it about halfway down the interior block. They hope to finish that road reconstruction tomorrow---though rain is also expected so be cautious about that.
ROXBURY ROAD: Water main was just about completed when I left that area at mid-afternoon. I would think that it got completed today. That means that the new main will begin getting tested for pressure, filled, and then water sampled very soon. Once all tests are completed, the three residential services will be done.
NEW CASTLE/CHARING CROSS: Based on weather, these two roads should start as a crew is made available. The Village has all permits necessary to begin work in the upper bluff.
Kensington sidewalk and driveway work was also a focal point today. Concrete was scheduled for tomorrow but based on weather, we may not see them.
Hope for clear weather.....
Friday, June 4, 2010
Day 60 (Thu) & Day 61 (Fri)
Today (Friday 6/4) we sit with another rain day with No construction work being conducted in the Village.
Here is an update with current status of construction on various roads/areas:
The storm system work at the Beach has been completed and the new outfall has been installed. To help clean up that area a bit, we took down the orange fence and cut down the long grass.
Woodland Circle: There is a very little amount of storm sewer work left to be completed. What remains is the installation of two storm inlets on the northern leg. Woodland has had both of the blocks straight off of Kensington already reconstructed. There will be additional road construction to be completed before asphalt, but this indicates, for the most part, the completion of pipe work!! The part of Woodland Circle that parallels Kensington still needs to be rebuilt; which means with this rain, it is still pretty soft. Early today, Village staff went out to shore up some soft areas giving residents access to their driveways. The balance of that road reconstruction will take place early next week. But, all residential services are now put onto the new main.
Here is an update with current status of construction on various roads/areas:
The storm system work at the Beach has been completed and the new outfall has been installed. To help clean up that area a bit, we took down the orange fence and cut down the long grass.
Woodland Circle: There is a very little amount of storm sewer work left to be completed. What remains is the installation of two storm inlets on the northern leg. Woodland has had both of the blocks straight off of Kensington already reconstructed. There will be additional road construction to be completed before asphalt, but this indicates, for the most part, the completion of pipe work!! The part of Woodland Circle that parallels Kensington still needs to be rebuilt; which means with this rain, it is still pretty soft. Early today, Village staff went out to shore up some soft areas giving residents access to their driveways. The balance of that road reconstruction will take place early next week. But, all residential services are now put onto the new main.
The majority of all old water main in the lower bluff project zones, has now been shut down, pipes cut and capped. The exception is Roxbury.
Roxbury: The Sanitary sewer system work has been completed. The pipe crew began installation of water mains. We anticipate, with good weather, that the water main will be completed early next week. While that water main is filled and tested, the pipe crew will move to the upper bluff until the three residential services are ready to be completed on Roxbury. This should be completed by the end of next week.
With the completion of Roxbury pipe work by the end of next week, the focus will then be toward road pavement. To get to that end, we need additional prep work to be completed on driveways and sidewalk areas.
The concrete contractor is expected back in the Village on Tuesday of next week. If you are on Kensington south of Oxford or if you are on Woodland with a concrete approach/apron, you should be seeing that work completed next week.
UPPER BLUFF: We had anticipated the crews to get to the upper bluff this week, but that really did not happen for any substantial pipe work. We do anticipate that happening next week however. The current plan is to focus work on New Castle and Charring Cross first.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Day 59
On Wednesday, a lack of rain overnight allowed us to get some good work done today. That is of course until late this afternoon/early evening when we got the heavy stuff!!
Two crews on Woodland were anticipated to get the residential services completed by early afternoon.
Another pipe crew started work on Roxbury today with some major sanitary replacement work which took place at the Roxbury/Kensington intersection. After additional storm work, this crew will begin on water main on Roxbury.
The road crew was doing additional final preparation on the 400 block of Kensington today. That is really a good sign that we are soon heading for pavement. Of course the driveways still need to be prepped on Woodland and in the lower 200 block of Kensington.
We have a construction meeting tomorrow morning at which I hope to have more schedule details to share.
Two crews on Woodland were anticipated to get the residential services completed by early afternoon.
Another pipe crew started work on Roxbury today with some major sanitary replacement work which took place at the Roxbury/Kensington intersection. After additional storm work, this crew will begin on water main on Roxbury.
The road crew was doing additional final preparation on the 400 block of Kensington today. That is really a good sign that we are soon heading for pavement. Of course the driveways still need to be prepped on Woodland and in the lower 200 block of Kensington.
We have a construction meeting tomorrow morning at which I hope to have more schedule details to share.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Days 52-58
Good Evening,
As I wrote on Tuesday of last week, I had the good fortune of chaperoning my son's 6th grade, 3 day field trip at the end of last week. What a great trip to have been a part of!! Though away, I was still connected via contemporary methods of communication.....ie. The BlackBerry!!
I got an email in the early afternoon of last Thursday that the Village had received from the DNR, our Chapter 30 permit for the Storm Water work at the Beach. I immediately notified Tom back in the Village; unfortunately, the Contractor was unable to complete that work as they were already scheduled to be gone on Friday for a long holiday weekend.
That means that early today (Monday), work was started and by mid afternoon, the balance of the storm work was completed at the Beach outfall!!!
Elsewhere in the Village today, there were two pipe crews working on residential water services on Woodland Circle (this means the water tested clean and homes are being switched over to the new water main).
We learned today again that not every residential water service has minimal intrusion. Another home today had a HUGE hole in their front yard. A similar problem came up on a home on Kensington Drive. In those particular circumstances, the Village, via the Contractor, is attempting to save a substantial tree. This requires additional excavation around a healthy tree speciman to save the root structure, and the life of that tree. The argument is one of grass vs. tree. I think this is an easy decision; however, people dont always agree.
There was some street construction prep work completed around the entire lower bluff today. This is a good sign as we prepare or asphalt in the next couple weeks.
UPPER BLUFF
Though we had positioned ourself to move a pipe crew to the upper bluff starting this week. There is a significant amount of work left to complete in the lower bluff, with another 6-8 water services on Woodland, a bit more of storm work on that same street AND, one block of Roxbury needs to be completed yet with water and, some sanitary sewer work. We also may be looking at a few problems with weather for this week so we are trying to factor those variables into our planning. We also may be looking at a reduced construction presence as a crew or two may have to pull out of Village. More details must be reviewed yet this week.
Please stay tuned as we learn more information as the week goes along. Regards.
As I wrote on Tuesday of last week, I had the good fortune of chaperoning my son's 6th grade, 3 day field trip at the end of last week. What a great trip to have been a part of!! Though away, I was still connected via contemporary methods of communication.....ie. The BlackBerry!!
I got an email in the early afternoon of last Thursday that the Village had received from the DNR, our Chapter 30 permit for the Storm Water work at the Beach. I immediately notified Tom back in the Village; unfortunately, the Contractor was unable to complete that work as they were already scheduled to be gone on Friday for a long holiday weekend.
That means that early today (Monday), work was started and by mid afternoon, the balance of the storm work was completed at the Beach outfall!!!
Elsewhere in the Village today, there were two pipe crews working on residential water services on Woodland Circle (this means the water tested clean and homes are being switched over to the new water main).
We learned today again that not every residential water service has minimal intrusion. Another home today had a HUGE hole in their front yard. A similar problem came up on a home on Kensington Drive. In those particular circumstances, the Village, via the Contractor, is attempting to save a substantial tree. This requires additional excavation around a healthy tree speciman to save the root structure, and the life of that tree. The argument is one of grass vs. tree. I think this is an easy decision; however, people dont always agree.
There was some street construction prep work completed around the entire lower bluff today. This is a good sign as we prepare or asphalt in the next couple weeks.
UPPER BLUFF
Though we had positioned ourself to move a pipe crew to the upper bluff starting this week. There is a significant amount of work left to complete in the lower bluff, with another 6-8 water services on Woodland, a bit more of storm work on that same street AND, one block of Roxbury needs to be completed yet with water and, some sanitary sewer work. We also may be looking at a few problems with weather for this week so we are trying to factor those variables into our planning. We also may be looking at a reduced construction presence as a crew or two may have to pull out of Village. More details must be reviewed yet this week.
Please stay tuned as we learn more information as the week goes along. Regards.
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