Main Street work has curb appeal
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Contractors formed the first concrete curbs at the intersection of West Main and Chancery streets, complete with the first-ever engineered storm drainage system, and were also forming the new traffic pole foundations at the intersection.
Site superintendent Ed Vander Horst of EG&G said concrete work will likely be a high priority over the next week or so. Plans are to establish a concrete square contained inside the Chancery and West Main street intersection, which is the intent of the Main Street design, get the Chancery Street sidewalks finished, and do asphalt work on the rest of Chancery Street before the asphalt plant closes for the winter.
The main idea is to get Chancery Street open for traffic in December, Vander Horst said.
Although the city’s Public Works Department employees began forming new sidewalks on Chancery Street this week, Main Street sidewalks will likely be some time coming due to the asphalt plant situation and the need to open Chancery Street to traffic this year, officials said.
“The walks are going to be the least important because the asphalt plant is closing in December,” Vander Horst said.
Citing rain concerns during a progress meeting last week, city officials and construction officials had noted work was going to be centered around getting asphalt down first, with many hinting the asphalt work would take priority over sidewalk work on Main Street.
Workers like Kevin and Chris Ford of S&W Contractors, shown working on concrete curbs and a traffic pole base Wednesday, will likely be busy in the coming weeks as construction officials make a push to open the Chancery and West Main Street intersection to traffic in December.