City of Buchanan - Downtown Reconstruction

Work Completed this past week (March 3-7)

• Meeting at City Hall Monday night
• Dial-a-Ride (Niles) notified of construction location and exchanged contact info.
• Red Bud closed between 4^th and Front St. 3^rd Street/Red Bud intersection still drivable and traffic can exit Red Bud to the North.
• Pulverizing delayed 2 days due to rain but began grinding 3^rd Street Thursday (3/6)
• Concrete footings/walls poured for new Flume at WWTP.
• Contractor started removing sidewalk along Red Bud for water main install.
• Curb box installed at Flume for water service to spray out bin, water turned back on to Headworks Bld at WWTP.
• Chop onsite to grind stumps on Dewey and at WWTP.
• Construction Photos can be viewed here.

Work planned for this week (March 10-14)

• Water Main pipe delivery scheduled for Monday (3/10).
• Milling of Red Bud between Front Street and 4^th Street scheduled for Monday (3/10). 3^rd Street intersection will remain open.
• Road Closure on 3^rd Street, East of Fitness Center driveway, scheduled for March 10^th. Access to Fitness Center will be possible from the West (Red Bud).
• Monday (3/10), Water Treatment unit to be delivered to 3^rd Start up of system scheduled for Tuesday.
• Monday (3/10), Begin water main install on Red Bud starting at 3^rd Street and heading South (Red Bud/3^rd Street intersection will remain open)
• Monday (3/10), water main install begins on Dewey for horizontal directional drill under the creek
• Tuesday (3/11), Install H-Piles for aerial crossing
• Tuesday (3/11) review utility conflicts with AEP power poles in the field.
• Wednesday (3/12), begin high pH excavation area on 3^rd Street just East of Fitness Center driveway (access to Fitness Center from Red Bud/3^rd Street). Expect this work to last 1 week.

Asphalt pulverizing has been pushed till tomorrow due to the rain. Contractor will still be onsite installing storm drain bags and moving pipe around.

Work Completed this past week (Feb 17-21)

• Project detour route signs have begun to be displayed. This detour route will remain active during the entire project.
• Continued speaking with business owners about upcoming construction start dates. Please forward anyone who has questions/concerns to me and I will touch base with them.
• Survey crew onsite staking tree removal limits/sanitary sewer at the WWTP.

Work planned for this week (Feb 24-28)

• Detour Route signs will continue to be installed.
• Front Street will be closed Monday (2/24) and Tuesday (2/25) for tree removals. Front Street will open back up to traffic once tree removal is complete. See picture below for Front Street closure.
• Tree removals will continue throughout the week on 3^rd Street and Dewey. This work will only require small 1 block road closures.
• Construction of flume at WWTP will begin on Monday (2/24).
• Tentative start date – March 3^rd the contractor plans to begin pulverizing roads, turning them to gravel. Contractor will smooth roads as work progresses but you will see temporary lanes closures project wide. Start of pulverizing depends on frost thickness in roads.

The Contractor plans on removing trees project wide starting Monday of next week. Work on Front Street will require full closure from Red Bud to Oak Street on Monday, February 24 and possibly Tuesday the 25th. Tree removal project wide will continue throughout the week but should not affect traffic.

Work Completed this past week (Feb 10-14)

• Digital PCMS boards have started arriving in town. These are positioned at the far East & West on Front Street, North & South on Red Bud Trail, and NE on River Street.
• USDA sign was installed in park at the NE corner of Front/Red Bud. This sign will be viewable from both the street and park.
• MISS DIG began working on clearing the detour route sign locations.
• Removal limits marked project wide.

Work planned for this week (Feb 17-21)

• Detour Route signs will begin to be installed.
• Tree removals planned to begin project wide week of Feb. 24. This includes 19 smaller trees on Front Street. We anticipate traffic on Front Street to remain open during tree removals.
• On March 3, the contractor plans to begin pulverizing roads, turning them to gravel. Contractor will smooth roads as work progresses, but you will see temporary lanes closures project-wide. We will coordinate with the contractor to find their specific schedule.

Work Completed this past week (Feb 3-7)

• Detour Route/Digital PCMS board locations staked

Work planned for this week (Feb 10-14)

• Detour Route signs will begin to be installed
• Message boards should be installed and up and running
• USDA sign to be installed in park at the NE corner of Front/Red Bud