Work Continues - Majority of the Work is North of the Railroad Tracks at this Point

Progress continues to move forward with the completion of the pipe work south of the railroad tracks work now continues moving north from the tracks.  Crews have also finished the ponds south of the golf course and the condos with the minor exception of a little clean up work.  Storm water can flow from the railroad tracks through the treatment train to the lake at this point.

Seeding work on the southern half of the project remains including reseeding and over seeding work at the Sunrise Pointe Golf Course.  We anticipate that seeding will occur again in mid August 2013 once the weather is appropriate for the seeds to germinate and grow.  Included with the seeding work will be the planting of trees around the southern most ponds and one or two on the golf course itself.

As of Friday, July 26th, crews were working north of the tracks.  There are two crews working currently with a third crew expected onsite around the 5th of August if all goes well.  The schedule for East 4th Street remains the same currently with that work starting on August 5th.

The dirt work crew that was working on the southern ponds has moved south on the old railroad right-of-way area clearing out trees and bushes from that area.  They will then shape the area into a long thin pond shape that will filter, run and treat storm water.

In the distance crews are clearing the area of trees and brush

 A second crew working primarily on the piping works is also in this area immediately north of the railroad tracks installing pipes and manhole to connect the pond structures and flow water through the areas where we don't have room to treat the water.

Member of Lundell Construction works on preparing a manhole for installation.

The pipe crew will finish connecting the pond immediately north of the railroad tracks to the main piping system and then move north to a piece of right-of-way that the City is acquiring where we will install some additional piping and then a rain garden on top of the pipe to filter the immediately available storm water.  This work should begin mid week next week.  This work may impact traffic on Expansion BLVD slightly for periodic periods of time.  Individuals traveling in this area should be prepared to reduce speeds and take extra precautions within the construction area.

As the crew moves closer to the intersection of the pipe with Expansion Blvd. they will close Expansion Blvd. at this point (access to the adjoining businesses will be available) while they remove the road, install the pipe, and put the road back.  The closure period could be up to two weeks in time depending on weather.

Large Pond South of Condo Area in completed form.

Work will continue to progress and it won't be long before we are inside the neighborhoods of Rose and Tulip Lanes.  As we get into the more residential areas of the project information will be changing quickly and the best opportunity to get the most up to date information will be through this blog.  Please check back often and let your friends and neighbors living in the project area know about the blog, if they don't know about it already, so they can get updates on the project in a timely manner.