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| Residents have been patient about detours Photo by Jerry Pickard |
According to City Engineer Neil Jensen, the current construction schedule calls for project completion of the culvert by mid December, 2015.
The contractor had originally planned to have the portion of the project west of 37th Avenue NE complete by the time school started, but crews that were intended to be dedicated to this work could not be freed up from other projects.
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| New culvert Photo by Jerry Pickard |
The roadway west of 37th is now open to traffic, though it is still a work zone and motorists are encouraged to continue using the signed detour route.
The closed portion of the roadway has shifted to the stretch of 178th between 37th and Brookside Blvd NE, where the culvert replacement work is occurring.
By Wednesday 9/23, the contractor plans to reestablish a pedestrian path across the culvert work zone so pedestrians can travel from Brookside to 37th.
The construction crew is aware of the heavy traffic that occurs twice per day when Brookside Elementary students are dropped off and retrieved, and have arranged for free flowing traffic during these times.
The City asks for continued patience from the motoring public while we complete this important project, and we are all looking forward to the new sidewalks and bicycle lane.
Wonder how the salmon feel about this. After all, the impetus for this project and the timeline was to mitigate interruptions to the salmon flow on McAleer Creek. Did the city establish in the contract what fees or fines the contractor, KLB, would pay for the extension of the project?
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