Project Update
The colder weather earlier this week delayed some of the planned construction scheduled for this week.
However, both Lakes County Landscaping and Aqua Lawn have continued with placement of irrigation and trees throughout downtown. These efforts will continue throughout the day today to fill as many of the openings set in the new sidewalk on Phase 4.
The existing bituminous at the tie ins along driveways and parking lots were cut on Monday to prepare for final removals and shaping of the aggregate. Pro Sweep also came back to the site mid-week to sweep remaining portions of downtown in advance of the upcoming final paving.
Parsons Electric continues work on the new signal system at First Avenue, testing the system following the new electrical service that was installed last week. Either today or tomorrow, All States Pavement will be constructing the rumble strips on the rural section of the highway east and west of town. This work will be completed under traffic, but drivers may see a slight delay when in the activity area.
As of late this afternoon, the roadway has been opened for traffic through the weekend but will be closed early Monday to allow for construction throughout the day.
Upcoming Activities
The cooler weather early this week delayed Central Specialties ability to complete paving operations on the project scheduled before Main Street. This has delayed the paving of the final course until Monday. With the proposed paving, Main Street will be shut down from the west side of Second Avenue East to the west side of Fourth Avenue West. All traffic will be detoured to the Second Avenue East intersection during the paving operations.
Following the completion of the paving on Main Street, the intersection of Second Avenue East will be prepped for a temporary pavement cover north of Main Street. This pavement will be placed to cover the aggregate at the intersection over the winter. The pavement will be removed next spring during the reconstruction of Second Avenue Northeast. When the roadway construction at the intersection is
occurring, all traffic will be routed back to the intersection of First Avenue.
Following the completion of the paving operations, the traffic control signage will be shifted to the side of the roadways allowing traffic to return to the roadway. Although traffic will be back on Main Street, construction activities will still be occurring along the roadway, so be careful when running through the
project area.
Late next week, Sir-Lines-A-Lot will be returning to the site to begin pavement marking operations
throughout the rest of the project with crosswalks, centerline and parking/fog line markings. This work will be completed under traffic but will involve minor delays.
