Rain Gives Way Finally ? Project Schedule Update

It's been awhile since the last blog post but the weather hasn't been the best for seeing major gains on construction work the last week or so - we are hoping the weather is looking up for the upcoming week or so to get the golf course work finished up.

Lundell and their sub-contractors are working on the finishing touches at the golf course.  The sub-contractor for the concrete work has been working on pouring the concrete for the golf cart paths late last week and early this week.

Crews pour the southern most cart path.

Crews poured the southern most cart path by hand on Tuesday, June 11th as the ground was too wet to get trucks in which would have caused more damage to the course.

The main path between the #1 hole and the #9 hole was placed last week and is shown below.

The main cart path between holes 1 and 9.

While the concrete contractor was busy with the cart paths the prime contractor, Lundell Construction has been working on the other ponds starting this week with the excavation of the ponds to the south of the condo property.  They have found a high water table in this area which is to be expected as the area is old dredge fill and these ponds will be wet ponds and maintain water at the level of the lake most of the time.

Excavation begins on the southern most ponds of the project.

Moving forward the contractor is three (3) weeks behind schedule primarily due to the weather and wet conditions.  Thus the contractor is hoping to start work on stages 4 & 5 which includes pipe work between HWY 7 and the Railroad tracks on June 24th.  The far northern portions of the project, those around Rose, Tulip, and Violet Lane, appear to be scheduled for starting around mid to late July 2013.

Finally, yesterday we had the great privilege of presenting all the great projects that are going on in Storm Lake, including the East Central and North Central Storm Water Projects to the Director and Deputy Director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.  These projects while providing much needed relief to residents and property owners who experience flooding conditions are also critical to the preservation of Lake Storm Lake by implementing innovative storm water practices to help clean and filter storm water before out letting the water into Storm Lake.

City Manager Jim Patrick presents City projects to Director Gipp and  Deputy Director Trautman.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and State of Iowa continue to be key partners in the restoration and preservation of Lake Storm Lake with the City of Storm Lake, City of Lakeside, Buena Vista County, and private citizens something that we are very grateful for.  Opportunities like yesterday's are a good way to highlight the ways are partnerships are strong and how the citizens of this community are committed to the long term preservation of the natural resources we enjoy.