Brick Street Project Updates
- September 15th, 2010
Curb and Gutter cement has been poured on Main Street west of 9th Street.
Keep posted to DiscoverAdel.com as more news arrives!
- Brick Street meeting
All are invited for a street update meeting today at City Hall at 6:00pm.
This is a regularly scheduled progress update meeting.
Chad
Chad A. Bird
City Administrator
City of Adel
515-993-4525
Fax 515-993-4527
cbird@adeliowa.org- September 3rd, 2010
Work starts today on the North side of Main Street with curb and gutter removal.
- Phase 1: Curb and gutter removal, sub-drain installation, curb and gutter installation, some minor brick work in front of Adel TV & Appliance.
- Phase 2: Removal of the sidewalk panels and then replacement of the sidewalk.
Each phase will take about 10 working days (weather pending). Access to buildings will be maintained.
- August 30th, 2010
Residents,
Seems like we are in the dog daze of not only summer but of the street project as well. The last two weeks since the Festival has seen much activity in the way of brick removal and storm sewer improvements.
Activity for this week will include:
- Storm sewer work at 9th and Court
- Sub-drain installation from Prairie to Court
- Sub-base installation with modified rock will start this week at Prairie and 9th and progress north.
- Cross your fingers but we are hoping the Courthouse lights are back on this week also.
No major surprises in this phase of the project other than the horse trough / fountain thing. For those that did not get to see it, here are photos of the mystery object. Can anyone date or identify the object?
Stay tuned for further updates through the week.
Chad
Chad A. Bird
City Administrator
City of Adel
515-993-4525 • Fax 515-993-4527- August 26th, 2010
We have scheduled a street meeting for tomorrow that will be cancelled. We encourage everyone to attend the sustainability workshop which will be held at 5:30pm in the library.
Regarding the street project; work is progressing nicely and on or ahead of schedule. Bases for the light post are in and nearly complete, the brick are almost all up and palletized and storm utility work is up to the intersection with Main St.
Please note that to accommodate the storm utility work on the west corners of the intersection with Main and 9th, the pedestrian portion of the corners will be closed to access beginning August 25th. and lasting for approximately 48 hours – these pedestrian walk ways should be open again by Monday morning. The inconvenience is necessary to dig the required trenches to install the concrete storm intake boxes.
One interesting find this week – while trenching in the utility line for the lights, the contractor came across a large chunk of concrete. Once it was excavated and an attempt at removal was made it was determined that the concrete was a 12’ diameter bowl that either served as a horse drinking trough or an old fountain of some sort. The buried structure was so large that the Caterpillar track hoe on site had a very difficult time removing the thing. There is a reward leading to the identification and aging of the structure if anyone has any information on what it was and when it was in service. The reward is one antique original Adel Street Brick. Please call City Hall with any information at 993-4525.
In the construction meeting yesterday there were no other issues raised by contractors or engineers. Work is progressing nicely.
As always, please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
Thanks again for your understanding and cooperation – please contact me for questions and comments.
Chad
Chad A. Bird
City Administrator
City of Adel
515-993-4525 • Fax 515-993-4527
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The following companies were contracted to provide services during the Brick Street Renovation Project
McClure Engineering Engineers Manatts General Contractor and Concrete Paving Elder Corporation Earthwork, Pipe Hardscape Solutions Brick Installation Absolute Concrete Concrete American Fence Railing Breton Enterprises Electrical Quality Striping Inc., DBA DPLM Pavement Marking Quality Traffic Control Inc. Traffic Control Lenhart Plumbing Water Fountain Rothamel Turf Farms, Inc. Landscaping Soil-Tek Silt Fence Swanson Masonry Masonry
