Despite setbacks, Maple Street renovations under budget, ahead of schedule
NORWICH – Construction and renovation is well underway on Maple Street and despite unexpected and costly setbacks, city officials say work thus far is still under budget and ahead of schedule.
City workers and NYSEG employees set out to make extensive renovations to Maple Street earlier this summer. Plans were laid out to repair the deteriorating roadway, restore curbs and sidewalks and replace rotting gas, sewer and water mains – a project that originally came with an estimated price tag of $500,000 for work, materials and services. It’s a big undertaking, explained Department of Public Works Superintendent Carl Ivarson, but a necessary measure to restore some of the city’s deteriorating infrastructure.
Workers were slowed down in July, when concrete was found under the previous roadbed. Sample cores were drilled prior to the start of road work and no concrete was found; however, after a full dig, concrete was revealed and must be removed to prevent damage to the newly paved road in the future, said Ivarson. In all, the removal process actually saves the city $7,000 in construction costs, he went on to say, but the process also calls for more pavement than what was originally estimated, leading to an increased cost in material that sets the city back an additional $23,000.
“It’s one of those things we can try to find, but won’t know for sure if it’s there until we actually begin road work,” said Ivarson.
The city council approved the transfer of needed funding from the wastewater and sewer main reserves to the Maple Street renovation project at a council meeting earlier this month. Without funding from the New York State Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS), most money for the project has come by way of the city’s wastewater and sewer main reserves, including $66,000 earlier this year to cover engineering costs. Since NYSEG was responsible for replacing gas lines, the company is also pitching in 25 percent the total cost of asphalt.
Previous water and sewer mains under the one-way Maple Street date back to 1894 – the last time the city invested in a similar venture, Ivarson noted. City officials scour the city each year to determine which streets are most in need of repair.
Ivarson said that despite the unexpected setback, work on Maple Street is on track and should even be completed before the Oct. 13 deadline. The DPW is also undertaking road work on other city streets including N. Mitchell, Hickok, S. Hickok, and Francis Ave., although residents on those streets will not see the same extent of work.
City workers and NYSEG employees set out to make extensive renovations to Maple Street earlier this summer. Plans were laid out to repair the deteriorating roadway, restore curbs and sidewalks and replace rotting gas, sewer and water mains – a project that originally came with an estimated price tag of $500,000 for work, materials and services. It’s a big undertaking, explained Department of Public Works Superintendent Carl Ivarson, but a necessary measure to restore some of the city’s deteriorating infrastructure.
Workers were slowed down in July, when concrete was found under the previous roadbed. Sample cores were drilled prior to the start of road work and no concrete was found; however, after a full dig, concrete was revealed and must be removed to prevent damage to the newly paved road in the future, said Ivarson. In all, the removal process actually saves the city $7,000 in construction costs, he went on to say, but the process also calls for more pavement than what was originally estimated, leading to an increased cost in material that sets the city back an additional $23,000.
“It’s one of those things we can try to find, but won’t know for sure if it’s there until we actually begin road work,” said Ivarson.
The city council approved the transfer of needed funding from the wastewater and sewer main reserves to the Maple Street renovation project at a council meeting earlier this month. Without funding from the New York State Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS), most money for the project has come by way of the city’s wastewater and sewer main reserves, including $66,000 earlier this year to cover engineering costs. Since NYSEG was responsible for replacing gas lines, the company is also pitching in 25 percent the total cost of asphalt.
Previous water and sewer mains under the one-way Maple Street date back to 1894 – the last time the city invested in a similar venture, Ivarson noted. City officials scour the city each year to determine which streets are most in need of repair.
Ivarson said that despite the unexpected setback, work on Maple Street is on track and should even be completed before the Oct. 13 deadline. The DPW is also undertaking road work on other city streets including N. Mitchell, Hickok, S. Hickok, and Francis Ave., although residents on those streets will not see the same extent of work.
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