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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
