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Sunset Wide Sidewalk Update #3

Week of 5/20/13

May 20, 2013

 

University Heights Residents:

This is the 3rd update on the construction progress of the Sunset Street Wide Sidewalk project.  Work last week continued to concentrate on the north end with preparation for and actual paving of sections of the new sidewalk north of Highland Drive.  The work area also expanded south to the section between Highland Drive and Oakcrest, where existing sidewalk was removed, some trees were removed, and minimal grading work started.

The contractors planned work for this week (May 20-24) includes more work in the section between Highland and Oakcrest.  There are several locations where storm sewer work will take place, as several new drainage intakes are being installed behind the sidewalk in this section, with connections to the existing storm sewer pipe along Sunset Street, and the replacement of storm sewer pipe near the Oakcrest intersection with larger diameter storm pipe that will provide greater carrying capacity.

North of Highland Drive, where some of the sidewalk was paved last week, the curb ramp connections at the intersection corners still need to be completed, and we may see work to get these prepared for paving as well.

We also expect to see Mid-American Energy on site this week beginning to install new utility poles, working from north to south.  Here is the description of that work from Project Update #1:

"There are 6 overhead utility poles that will need to be relocated by Mid-American Energy.  They reported at the meeting that they plan to begin installing these new poles in the next 2-3 weeks.  Their process is to have all the new poles installed adjacent to the existing poles, then move all their lines over to the new poles. The next step is having the remaining utility companies (Mediacom, Qwest, and Windstream) then move their lines over to the new Mid-American poles.  Once complete, the old poles will be removed."

There are still trees scheduled for removal on the south half of the project that have not yet been removed.  The contractor informs us that these additional tree removals will probably be completed next week after the Memorial Day holiday.

Finally, with the rains last night, and more rain in the forecast for the beginning of this week, please keep in mind that we may have a couple of days of not much work on site if the conditions are too wet to accomplish these tasks.

Please let me know if you have any questions, thanks for your time.

Josiah D. Bilskemper, P.E.

Shive-Hattery, Inc.

2834 Northgate Drive

Iowa City, IA 52245

(319) 354-3040