Yesterday (Monday, September 23rd) was our project walk through day. These events occur at or near the end of the project and are a way for the owner, project engineer, and contractor to view the project first hand to determine any final adjustments and/or areas that need to be cleaned up or finished up.
While the project is still a little ways from being done, they are at about 80% completion at this time, we did the walk through now so that the contractor could start to deploy their resources to other projects. They will still have a considerable sized crew (two crews actually) until they finish the project.
The walk through is also a great way to see the whole project and look at the fine details. The contractor, Lundell has done some great work and there were a few minor things that needed touching up outside of the remaining pieces that have yet to be constructed. From a major component side of things there are three major items outstanding at this time including: pouring of the two cul-de-sacs on Rose and Tulip Lane, building of the rain gardens, and seeding.
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| Contractor, city staff, and the Engineer review components of the project during a project walk through. |
The sub-contractor was onsite on Monday forming the sections of half of Rose Lane for a pour later this week. Once that section is poured they will let the concrete cure and then remove the forms and start removals on the opposite side of the street. The contractor Lundell was working on the first of three phases for pouring back the cul-de-sac on Tulip Lane on Monday as well.
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| Contractor prepares the 1st phase of the cul-de-sac for paving on Tulip Lane |
Many of the project areas have been seeded at this point but the seeding contractor is responsible for the growth so it is possible that if we don't see substantial growth in areas they will have to come back and reseed or over seed those areas in the spring. The seeding sub-contractor was onsite Monday and will be here this week until they are able to finish the seeding work.
The following pictures show various parts of the project as they were during the walk through on Monday.
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| Pond #5 behind the railroad tracks. |
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| Drainage swale on the west side of Rose, Tulip and Violet Lanes |
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| Large pond south of the condo site with grass growing on the side slopes |
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| Grass waterway coming from the golf course ponds to the ponds south of the condo site. |
As noted earlier the next phases which started on Monday include the development of the rain gardens in the project area. These rain gardens are specifically developed to filter water through a natural process using plants with long roots and then filtering the treated water into the storm water system.
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| Rain garden area at the corner of Ray Street and Richland. The flags are all the utility locates in the area. |
As work continues the City asks for the residents in the area of the Rose and Tulip Lane cul-de-sacs (East sides) for their continued cooperation and patience as we pave back those streets. This part of the project may seem to be the longest due to the time that it takes for the concrete to cure but it is critical that we keep traffic off the new concrete to allow for it to finish hardening or we will have to come back again and replace which causes more access issues and high costs. The City appreciates the efforts of the residents to this point.
