Project Status
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The City’s project engineering consultants Hubbell Roth & Clark Inc. (HRC) held open house presentations since January. We have completed our Open House Program for Year One, and final plans can be viewed at City Hall, 3rd Floor Community Development during regular business hours (8 am – 5 pm) Monday through Friday.
YEAR ONE:
The year one of the project was awarded to Dan’s Excavating, Inc. of Shelby Township.
PHASE 3- Beginning the week of July 26th:
Asphalt driveways, finish concrete work, rough cut swales, then install asphalt top coat, then return to finish swale areas.
Coffee Break- Continue to watch for future coffee breaks
Streets involved in Phase One included Court, Summit, Lake, Higgins, Barnard, Bates, Thompson, State.
Streets involved in Phase Two included Prospect, Tompkins, Spring, McPherson, Griswold, Liberty, N. Court St. between E. Clinton and the railroad tracks, N. State between E. Clinton and the railroad tracks, N. Barnard between E. Clinton and the railroad tracks, and S. Barnard St. between Grand River and E. Sibley.
Year Two:
Awarded to DiPonio Construction from Shelby Township.
The contractor will be finishing all sewer leads, and water tie-ins will begin the week of July 26th in the areas of Bower, Inverness, Burns and Caledonia.
Tentatively scheduled for the week of August 16th, the contractor will begin pulverizing the streets of Boston, Alger, Facotry, Wetmore, West and Railroad. Watch for flyers with a start date closer to the time.
Letters have been sent to the residents that will be effected. If you did not recieve your letter, please contact us. The contractor began north of Riddle – Bower, Burns, Caledonia, Inverness.
Streets involved in this year include:
Bower St (Riddle to Caledonia) Burns St (Riddle to Caledonia) Inverness St. (Michigan to Bower) Boston Blvd. Alger St. Factory St. Wetmore St. Railroad St. West St. (Grand River to RR)
PROJECT DETAILS:
Hours of Construction – 6:30 am to 7 pm Monday – Saturday There is potential for construction to be performed on Sundays.
Details: Pulverize asphalt roads (entire area), install sanitary sewer mains, install sanitary sewer leads, install watermain, install storm sewer within roadway, connect new watermain to existing, install water services, roadway excavation, install storm sewer outside of roadway, prepare and place concrete curbs, sidewalks and driveways, prepare and place asphalt roadway base, prepare and place asphalt driveways, place asphalt top, final grading and plant grass seed.
Throughout the length of the project, the contractor is required to keep one lane open for emergency vehicle access. During construction hours (6:30 am to 7 pm, Monday through Saturday), there may be times that you will not be able to access your driveway; we suggest that you park your vehicle out of the construction area along a near by side street. At the end of each work day, the contractor will rough grade your drive approach to allow access to your homes; however, at times (such as during curb and gutter installation, paving operations, and driveway approach installation) this will not be possible. All attempts will be made to allow access to your homes on a regular basis, but be advised that utility and road work will create delays and cause periodic utility interruptions.
If you have any personal property within the street right-of-way such as sprinkler systems, fencing, landscaping, etc., you may want to move these items to better protect them. If they are in the way, the contractor will remove the items and place them on your property. Generally, the contractor is not responsible for reinstalling these items.
If you need special accommodations during construction such as large deliveries, handicap accessibility, etc., please contact us as soon as possible or talk to the on-site city inspector once the project begins. Trash pick will be on the regular scheduled day, but before contractor operations (6 am). In addition, we will notify all emergency services, the post office, school transportation, newspapers, etc.
Our experience has taught us that in rare case, vibrations from construction operations have caused items within homes to “move around”. We recommend packing away valuable items on shelves, walls or furniture until the project is completed.
WEST SIBLEY STREET RECONSTRUCTION – Continue to watch the City website: www.cityofhowell.org for updates.
Excerpts from Public Presentation 10-9-08: Downtown
Other Presentations:
Charrette Kickoff – 9.29.08 City Manager Presentation
Charrette Kickoff – 9.29.08 Design Consultant Presentation – Part I
Charrette Kickoff – 9.29.08 Design Consultant Presentation – Part II
PRESS RELEASE: September 10, 2008
PRESS RELEASE – Charrette Results Meeting 10.9.08
Street Program Mailer – September 12, 2008
Walkabouts – Update
Thank you for participating in the Neighborhood “Walkabouts” which were held throughout the City from 9/30-10/2. Walkabouts were held at the following locations:
September 30
Lake St. and Barnard
Baldwin Park
October 1
Bower and Inverness
West and Wetmore
W. Sibley and George
October 2
E. Clinton and Almon
Bush and E. Sibley
Dearborn and Argyle
Livingston and Fleming
Click here for the Walkabout Location Map.