Golf Course Work Wrapped Up (For Now) Crews Start Moving North

Work on the Golf Course is complete for now.  The seeding company was directed to come in and seed the bare areas with a rye seed which will grow in the now warmer temp days of mid summer and to cover the areas with hay to prevent further erosion while the grass grows.  That cover crop, as it is commonly referred to, is starting to come up and will hold the area until this fall when we expect the seeding sub-contractor to return to put down the blue grass mix that was original specified in the contract and which will be the final grass on the course.

South Golf Course Pond After Seeding Activity

The tall grasses and native plants that will line the ponds will be planted as plugs but will be done in the fall once the ground temperature and weather are conducive to their growth.  There are also a few trees that were planned as part of the project that will be planted in the fall when the seeding contractor returns.

The contractor also finished up the waterway between the golf course ponds and the lower ponds in front of the now vacant condo site.  After an onsite review of the waterway we made the decision to add a couple rock check damns to help protect run off from occurring in major rain events.

Waterway to Condo Ponds Looking South with Rock Checks

As of this morning we were already seeing good grass growth on the newly seeded areas (a benefit of the choice to go with rye seed) and a good start to the growth of the blue grass on the berms (blue grass takes longer to mature).

Looking North at Golf Course Ponds With Grass Growth

Work continues to progress on the digging of the two southern most ponds.  These ponds, located in front of the now vacant condo project, will always be filled with water at the same level as the lake which makes the construction of them difficult to say the least.

Lundell Construction also has a crew working on installation of the pipe going north from HWY 7.  This pipe will connect the water from the pond north of the railroad tracks to the ponds at the golf course.

Pipe Crew Lowering Pipe into the Ditch

While this work is occurring the northern most pond at the golf course is being pumped to keep the water levels low to make installation of the pipe upstream easier.  Once the pipe work is done the pumping will cease.

Moving forward work will continue on the ponds south of the golf course and the pipe work going north.  The contractor expects the pipe work to take another two weeks to complete pending weather.  Work will then most likely move north of the railroad tracks and progress north from there.  Work in and around the subdivision of Rose, Tulip, and Violet Lanes is still planned toward the end of the project and at this point is several weeks out.