Progress Moving Forward South of RR Tracks - North Starts Up Next Week

Work continues to move forward . . . some faster than others but progress is being made!

The ponds south of Sunrise Pointe Golf Course are nearing completion with the large pond almost complete and the smaller pond making good progress.  Crews will most likely be brought in next week or early the week after to install the pipe between the two ponds and the outlet pipe to the lake from the large pond.

Large Pond at 95% Completion

Crews Starting Excavation on the Smaller Pond

Work on the pipe installation along East 4th Street was slowed this week following delivery of equipment and pipe due to a staffing issue for the contractor.  They should be back and ready to go to work on this phase of the work starting on July 15th.

Due to the delay the schedule for the street closures has been modified to account for the week delay in schedule.  You can see the newest schedule and map showing the closings and detour routes on the project web page (look at the links on the right hand side of the page) or by clicking here.

We would like to remind residents that this schedule is still an estimate of time and subject to changes.  For the most up to date information please check back to this blog and/or the project web page.  We will post updates as we know them.

Work on the installation of the piping from the golf course north to the railroad overpass continues to move forward at a good speed.  Crews were busy this week installing the arched storm pipe.  The arched pipe has the same capacity but allows for the pipe to be installed at a slightly higher elevation which was necessary in this case to avoid other underground utilities in the area.

Crews lowering the arched pipe into place

As the contractor gets closer to the railroad crossing and the ponds just north of that location we will see more storm water running through the system.  Relief in the Rose, Tulip, and Violet Lane area will not occur until the piping work is installed in that are but we are getting closer.

Finally we have had some complaints about dust coming off the construction sites and the areas where dirt is being hauled as well as complaints regarding tracking of mud on to the streets and highways due to transporting dirt from the pond construction.  We continue to work with the contractor, who has been very responsive, to getting these issues addressed in a timely manner.  The problems are sort of a catch 22 as in order to eliminate the dust we have to water down the dirt which creates tracking issues.  Regardless both are valid issues and we will continue to try to stay on top of them moving forward.

Hope you enjoy the updates.  If you have specific questions or things that you would like to have covered in the blog please let us know by sending an email to Justin Yarosevich.  Have a great weekend!