So, as I am out east, work progresses; this is info from a couple days ago so work has advanced from that update....but,this is what I have to offer:
Roxbury street is built out. Work on sidewalk on Roxbury is continuing with removal and prep for new concrete.
Woodland circle concrete is in. Lakewood Blvd concrete and aprons are in.
Lower Bluff....right now, we are tentative for Frank Brothers Asphalt to come into the Village to put down the binder coat of asphalt the week of July 5th. After binder asphalt, the contractor will finish the landscaping restoration and then, the final layer of asphalt will be completed.
New Castle: Water Main is in. Services are connected in the 200 block. If testing is not already received for the balance of New Castle, it should be completed soon. Once completed, the balance of services will be switched over.
Charing Cross: Water Main was being worked on earlier in the week and if it is not completed, should be done soon. Then, main testing and transer of services to the new main.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Day 75 (Fri) - Day78 (Mon)
Last Friday, we made progress with water main installation on New Castle. This particular water main keeps crossing the sanitary main so it is slow and tedious work. There is not alot more distance to cover on New Castle with water main, so once that is completed, they will move over to Charing Cross.
We are still needing to get Roxbury Road rebuilt. The extreme wet conditions and then other tasks that came up, prevented this from getting completed last week. Hopefully, they get that tackled today.
Anticipate ongoing preparation and pouring of driveway aprons, sidewalks, and additional road prep for this week. You will also see rough grading of restoration areas getting started in the lower bluff this week!!
I will be gone for this week and early of next week. Tom will be sending me updates if there is newsworthy information to get posted.
We are still needing to get Roxbury Road rebuilt. The extreme wet conditions and then other tasks that came up, prevented this from getting completed last week. Hopefully, they get that tackled today.
Anticipate ongoing preparation and pouring of driveway aprons, sidewalks, and additional road prep for this week. You will also see rough grading of restoration areas getting started in the lower bluff this week!!
I will be gone for this week and early of next week. Tom will be sending me updates if there is newsworthy information to get posted.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Day 73 (Wed) & Day 74 (Thur)
On Wednesday, there was some work done on sanitary sewers on Woodland Circle. However, the dump pit where the contractor takes much of their 'spoils', was closed due to all the rain we have gotten recently.
In fact, that pit was also closed for much of today (Thursday), so the rebuilding of Roxbury Road was delayed until that pit could be opened later in the day today.
Water Main work continued on New Castle. Another water main break occured up there today so that slowed their progress a bit. This is the 2d break the contractor has experienced on this section of road.
The concrete contractor is expected in the Village tomorrow and will be pouring more driveway aprons, sidewalks, and curbs.
We learned yesterday that the sub-contractor doing the asphalt paving will NOT be willing to do any private driveway work. This means that if you have an asphalt driveway, you will need to get your own asphalt contractor to do your driveway IF you wanted the entire driveway completed. The contractor WILL do that portion of your driveway that we remove---usually back to a saw cut on the existing driveway. We are working with another local contractor to allow residents to get the best price possible should they want to replace their entire driveway. We will be meeting with that contractor tomorrow and we will come up with more information and let you know about that tomorrow.
In fact, that pit was also closed for much of today (Thursday), so the rebuilding of Roxbury Road was delayed until that pit could be opened later in the day today.
Water Main work continued on New Castle. Another water main break occured up there today so that slowed their progress a bit. This is the 2d break the contractor has experienced on this section of road.
The concrete contractor is expected in the Village tomorrow and will be pouring more driveway aprons, sidewalks, and curbs.
We learned yesterday that the sub-contractor doing the asphalt paving will NOT be willing to do any private driveway work. This means that if you have an asphalt driveway, you will need to get your own asphalt contractor to do your driveway IF you wanted the entire driveway completed. The contractor WILL do that portion of your driveway that we remove---usually back to a saw cut on the existing driveway. We are working with another local contractor to allow residents to get the best price possible should they want to replace their entire driveway. We will be meeting with that contractor tomorrow and we will come up with more information and let you know about that tomorrow.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Day 68-Day72; Some ?'s Answered
Ok, need a quick summary? Here ya go:
Friday Day 68: Some Rain....water main installation on New Castle; they only worked until noon. They did stub out for the main on Charing Cross.
Saturday/Sunday Day 69-70: Contractor Off and gone home
Monday Day 71: Rainy, but a bit of work was completed. The 3 residential water services on Roxbury got completed. Concrete contractor had a few staff in Village doing some miscellaneous work.
Tuesday Day 72: Rain again both today but overnight we had rain as well. Soils are too difficult to work in. Some maintenance work will be performed to assure storm water and erosion control are being taken care of.
I had a resident email me with a couple questions which they thought might be helpful to blog about; and I agree. I will try to be brief:
Question:
If we start parking on a side street during construction, do we need to do anything special so we can leave the cars on the street overnight? Do we need to display anything in the window?
Answer:
No, you really dont. During the period of road and infrastructure, we are not issuing parking tickets to those cars that are forced onto the street to park. In some cases, you may not be able to get to your driveway, or, maybe you have chosen to park outside the active construction zone. This exception does not exist in locations where there is not construction.
Question:
I know the construction workers are probably watching out for kids as best they can, but what do you recommend I tell my kids so they cross through the construction zone safely (either on foot or on their bikes)? Should they try to make eye contact with the equipment operator? Find someone to help them through? Just make a run for it? Any advice you (or the contractors) can provide would be very helpful.
Answer:
First, avoid just making a run for it--darting into traffic or around a work zone is not safe. Never assume that the equipment operators can see you; in fact, assume the opposite. Trying to make eye contact is good and we have found these operators are keenly aware of their surroundings, but never assume things are safe. The operators will give you way.
Remember that the active work zone is limited to a fairly small area but you can still have equipment moving about. Encourage your child to take the most direct route to get out of the active construction zone. Let say you live on McBride, and they are working on McBride or New Castle, you may want to have your kids go down to LeRoy and the then to Del Mar, Lakewood and down to the Beach. Or, take Magdeline to Butternut and over to Farwell. There should be several routing options available, especially since there is only one pipe crew for the time being.
If you have taught your children good pedestrian habits, and, assuming they practice them, they should be fine. Reinforce to them that they should avoid getting in the way. It is ok to watch, but do so from a safe distance.
For Wednesday, the Road Crew will be reconstructing Roxbury, starting near the intersection with Lakewood. Because of several factors influencing that crew, they may be starting a bit earlier in the morning. There are a few miscellaneous tasks for the pipe crew to work on in the lower bluff, but ideally they will then resume water main installation on New Castle.
Friday Day 68: Some Rain....water main installation on New Castle; they only worked until noon. They did stub out for the main on Charing Cross.
Saturday/Sunday Day 69-70: Contractor Off and gone home
Monday Day 71: Rainy, but a bit of work was completed. The 3 residential water services on Roxbury got completed. Concrete contractor had a few staff in Village doing some miscellaneous work.
Tuesday Day 72: Rain again both today but overnight we had rain as well. Soils are too difficult to work in. Some maintenance work will be performed to assure storm water and erosion control are being taken care of.
I had a resident email me with a couple questions which they thought might be helpful to blog about; and I agree. I will try to be brief:
Question:
If we start parking on a side street during construction, do we need to do anything special so we can leave the cars on the street overnight? Do we need to display anything in the window?
Answer:
No, you really dont. During the period of road and infrastructure, we are not issuing parking tickets to those cars that are forced onto the street to park. In some cases, you may not be able to get to your driveway, or, maybe you have chosen to park outside the active construction zone. This exception does not exist in locations where there is not construction.
Question:
I know the construction workers are probably watching out for kids as best they can, but what do you recommend I tell my kids so they cross through the construction zone safely (either on foot or on their bikes)? Should they try to make eye contact with the equipment operator? Find someone to help them through? Just make a run for it? Any advice you (or the contractors) can provide would be very helpful.
Answer:
First, avoid just making a run for it--darting into traffic or around a work zone is not safe. Never assume that the equipment operators can see you; in fact, assume the opposite. Trying to make eye contact is good and we have found these operators are keenly aware of their surroundings, but never assume things are safe. The operators will give you way.
Remember that the active work zone is limited to a fairly small area but you can still have equipment moving about. Encourage your child to take the most direct route to get out of the active construction zone. Let say you live on McBride, and they are working on McBride or New Castle, you may want to have your kids go down to LeRoy and the then to Del Mar, Lakewood and down to the Beach. Or, take Magdeline to Butternut and over to Farwell. There should be several routing options available, especially since there is only one pipe crew for the time being.
If you have taught your children good pedestrian habits, and, assuming they practice them, they should be fine. Reinforce to them that they should avoid getting in the way. It is ok to watch, but do so from a safe distance.
For Wednesday, the Road Crew will be reconstructing Roxbury, starting near the intersection with Lakewood. Because of several factors influencing that crew, they may be starting a bit earlier in the morning. There are a few miscellaneous tasks for the pipe crew to work on in the lower bluff, but ideally they will then resume water main installation on New Castle.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Day 67
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.
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.
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.
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