City of Buchanan - Downtown Reconstruction

Access to City Hall and Lehman’s parking lots will be hampered over the next week due to sewer installation. Alternative parking for City Hall will be off 3rd Street behind Lehman’s Farmhouse. See attached photo. Once construction progresses onto Red Bud access to both parking lots will be possible from Skyline Drive.

Work Completed this past week (May 5-9)

• Continued sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street.
• Completed water service install. All houses/businesses transferred over to the new water main.
• Traffic to Red Bud Fitness switch to Skyline Drive. This will remain the route for traffic here until Red Bud is complete.
• Front Street Closed (Eastbound lane only) between Liberty and Rynearson for Retaining Wall repair (not part of Infrastructure project).

Work planned for this week (May 12-16)

• Continue sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street/City Hall.
• Crossing the creek with sanitary sewer on Tuesday.
• Install storm sewer treatment unit once sanitary sewer is across the creek.
• Water main reconnection on 3^rd Street in front of Red Bud Fitness planned for Saturday morning (5/17).

Construction will begin Friday (5/9) with milling off 2 inches of road on Terre Coupe. Paving will begin Monday (5/12). Any remaining asphalt placement needed will be done on Tuesday (5/13). Please reach out if you have any questions.

Zac Culbert
269-312-1799

Work Completed this past week (April 28 – May 2)

• Continued sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street. Roughly 600 feet from Creek.
• Continued water service install on Dewey, Main St, and 3^rd St.
• Calibration of flume meter complete.
• Insert valves install on Red Bud and 3^rd Street.
• Traffic to Red Bud Fitness switch to Skyline Drive. This will remain the route for traffic here until Red Bud is complete.
• Front Street Closed (Eastbound lane only) between Liberty and Rynearson for Retaining Wall repair (not part of Infrastructure project).

Work planned for this week (May 5 – 9)

• Continue sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street.
• Continue water service install on Dewey.
• Water main reconnection on 3^rd Street in front of Red Bud Fitness planned for Saturday morning (5/10).

Traffic to and from Red Bud Fitness will use Skyline for access for the next couple months. See map below.

Work Completed this past week (April 21-25)

• Completed water main testing on 3^rd Street in front of Red Bud Fitness.
• Performed startup/first tests on dewatering treatment unit.
• New soil samples taken from sanitary sewer trench on 3^rd Street for testing.
• Started water service installs on Red Bud.
• Front Street Closed (Eastbound lane only) between Liberty and Rynearson for Retaining Wall repair (not part of Infrastructure project).

Work planned for this week (April 28 – May 2)

• Continue sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street.
• Continue water service install on Red Bud, Dewer, and Main Street.
• City Services to install Inserta-Valves Monday.
• Perform water main tie in on 3^rd Street (in front of Red Bud Fitness) Monday at 4:30 pm until 8:00 pm.
• Flow sensor calibration on new flume scheduled for Wednesday (4/30).

Work Completed this past week (April 14-18)

• Continued sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street.
• Pressure Testing of WM in downtown completed.
• Began water main testing in the downtown area.
• Continued bulkheading existing flume at WWTP.
• Connected the sewage receiving location to the flume.
• Continued bulkheading existing flume at WWTP.
• Milled Red Bud and Main Street.
• Removed Bricks on Main Street
• 3^rd Street to remain closed at Skyline, Red Bud Fitness/City Hall to continue using 3^rd/Red Bud intersection for access.
• Main Street closed from Front to Dewey.
• Front Street Closed (Eastbound lane only) between Liberty and Rynearson for Retaining Wall repair (not part of Infrastructure project).

Work planned for this week (April 21-25)

• Continue sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street.
• Connecting water main at Main Street and Dewey
• Install water services install after water main testing complete, est. Wed.

Work Completed this past week (April 7-11)

• Completed water main install on Main Street, ready for testing.
• Continued sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street.
• 3^rd Street to remain closed at Skyline, Red Bud Fitness/City Hall to continue using 3^rd/Red Bud intersection for access.
• Front Street Closed (Eastbound lane only) between Liberty and Rynearson for Retaining Wall repair (not part of Infrastructure project).

Work planned for this week (April 14-18)

• Continue sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street.
• Begin testing installed water main on Red Bud/Dewey/3^rd/Main St. Water services to begin week after water main testing complete.
• Milling remaining asphalt on Red Bud and Main Street, est. Thur (4/17) and Fri (4/18). Brick removal on Main St. to begin shortly after.

Work Completed this past week (March 31 – April 4)

• Aerial crossing completed and sanitary sewer pipe installed across McCoy Creek to 3^rd Street.
• Existing 18” sanitary sewer connected to prop. 24” sewer at SNE1.
• CCTV of 24” sanitary sewer from SNE1 to Prop. Flume completed.
• Installed (4) Inserta-Valves for Main St/Dewey water main shut off. No water shut offs currently planned.
• Water main install complete on 3^rd Street. Remaining water main  on Main Street (Dewey to Front) planned for Sat (4/5).
• Sanitary sewer bypass at WWTP complete, old flume no longer in operation (except for septic dumping). All sewer going through new flume as of Thursday (4/3) end of day.
• 3^rd Street closed at aerial crossing on Thursday (4/3). Access to Red Bud Fitness and City hall to use 3^rd Street/Red Bud.
• Construction Photos can be viewed with links on the construction website (left hand side).

Work planned for this week (April 7 – 11)

• Continue sanitary sewer install on 3^rd Street.
• Contractor to relocate/calibrate flow meter at new flume.
• Begin testing installed water main.
• Connect prop. Water main to ex. Water main (East end of Dewey).
• Water services to begin week of 4/14.

3rd Street will be closed to traffic for sanitary sewer install starting Friday (4/4). Access to Red Bud Fitness and City Hall will need to be from 3rd St and Red Bud. Skyline Drive will only be able to service the Edgewater facility for the next couple weeks.