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This summer, Plainfield Charter Township will be extending the Shared Use Pathway network on Jericho Avenue and on Airway Street.
The section on Jericho Avenue will extend the pathway from Kroes Street at Rockford High School north to make connection to the White Pine Trail. The new pathway will be on the west side of Jericho Avenue.
The section on Airway Street will connect Hunsberger Avenue, near Northview High School, east to Plainfield Avenue on the south side of the street.
The Contractor, Al’s Excavating, Inc. of Hamilton, MI, anticipates starting work on Monday, June 12, after both schools are out.
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Prein&Newhof will have personnel in the field.
Scott Post, PE
Project Liaison
(616) 485-0281
Carlee Thompson, EIT
On-Site Contact
(218) 398-0554
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Al’s Excavating, Inc.
Office: (269) 751-5158
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Plainfield Charter Township
Bill Fischer, Community Development Director
(616) 364-1190
Last week on Jericho Avenue, crews from Al’s Excavating continued to prepare the southern section of the pathway for paving while the utility companies worked to relocate their utility conflicts. The crews installed over 1000 feet of subgrade and aggregate base along this stretch, as well as starting the driveway removals and preparing them for the path to come through.
This week, crews will finish the concrete and HMA driveway removals and begin installing the storm sewer on the north end of the project.
This week, crews focused on continuing construction along Jericho Avenue. The crew from 28 Specialties has finished placing block for all of the large block retaining walls! They will be back early next week to complete the final construction processes and clean up. In the meantime, the earthwork crews will be working to finalize the pathway grading and prepare for pavement by the end of next week.
Next week, the crews plan to remove existing surface on all driveways south of Peter Creek Drive and prepare gravel/asphalt driveways for pathway pavement. Al’s Excavating will also begin working on the storm sewer construction north of the Rogue River. They will start on the south end and construct storm sewer north to the existing enclosed sewer near the White Pine Trail.
Last week, work on Airway Street was pretty much wrapped up with hydroseeding completed. The remaining work on Airway is at the KIA Dealership as the contractor is waiting for the sprinkler system to be relocated out of the right of way. As soon as this is complete, Al’s Excavting can return and finish up this section as well.
On Jericho Avenue, Al’s Excavating continues to work hard on the final retaining wall and placing the gravel base from Kroes Street to Peter Creek Drive. They hope to be ready to pave this section by the end of the week. In addition, next week crews will move to the north side of the project where they will start work on the storm sewer north of the Rogue River.
This week, crews continued to make progress on both Airway Street and Jericho Avenue.
Crews from L&O Concrete installed the remaining concrete over on Airway Street, followed by Al’s Excavating crews finishing the topsoil restoration. Remaining items to complete on Airway include:
On Jericho Avenue, 28 Specialties and Al’s Excavating crews continued retaining wall construction and pathway grading. Next week, they plan to continue working on the final retaining wall and installing aggregate base along Jericho Avenue.
Please continue to be mindful of our construction crews and your speed as we navigate this construction process together.
This week on Airway Street, crews from Al’s Excavating, Lite Loads, and L&O Concrete have been working hard in the heat to finish up the remaining pathway items.
On Jericho Avenue, 28 Specialties has continued construction on two of the remaining three retaining walls. They expect to be finished and moving on to the last and final wall by early next week.
Crews from Al’s Excavating have been working on pathway grading and removing sand from the retaining wall areas for storage and use on later parts of the project.
Exciting news regarding the progress on the Jericho Avenue pathway this week! The team at 28 Specialties has continued construction on the next large retaining wall, while Al’s Excavating crews have shifted their focus to pathway grading.
On Airway Street progress continues. Next week Tuesday they will be paving the second layer of asphalt, followed by the completion of pending concrete tasks. Additionally, the finishing touches will be applied to seeding and restoration efforts. Over on Jericho, work will continue in topsoil removal, gravel placement, and advancing the construction of retaining walls. Your continued support is greatly appreciated!
This week on Airway Street, the crews are now just a few steps away from completing the pathway. Light Loads LLC paved the first of two layers of asphalt on Wednesday. Al’s Excavating has been hard at work grading and raking on the topsoil restoration now that the base asphalt layer has been completed. The crews have also been working on pathway valve box grade adjustments with the Township’s water department and completing the final concrete curb items.
There is still one more layer of asphalt, as well as the concrete curb ramps, driveways, and seeding to take place yet. Most of this work should be completed in the next week or two. Concrete driveways will be one of the last items completed after the final layer of asphalt is finished. Al’s Excavating will coordinate that process with each homeowner as access will be limited once concrete is poured.
On Jericho Avenue, 28 specialties has finished the second retaining wall and crews from Al’s excavating have installed 16 feet of large diameter concrete culvert. Next week, they will finish the culvert work near Peter Creek and begin stripping topsoil along the path corridor.
This week concrete curb and gutter was poured on Airway Street, Al’s excavating also continued preparing the pathway aggregate grade, and removed several driveways in preparation for paving. They plan to pave the first of two courses of asphalt on Wednesday August 9th. Driveway access may be limited for short periods of time as they come through.
On Jericho, 28 Specialties has mostly finished the largest of the retaining walls! The contractor also had materials delivered for the culvert extension they will be beginning shortly. Next week Al’s excavating will continue to remove stumps along the pathway route and prepare for the construction of the next retaining wall.
This week, progress continued on both Airway Street and Jericho Avenue despite the heat!
The crew from 28 Specialties continued building the large block retaining walls on Jericho. They are on track to wrap up building the majority of the current wall by sometime next week, and will move on to the next wall section. The top and corner blocks needed to finish the wall have not yet arrived onsite, once they do 28 Specialties will finish the wall.
On Airway Street, Al’s Excavating has continued removing topsoil and preparing the pathway corridor for asphalt while working their way towards Plainfield Avenue. Next week, they will form and pour the concrete curbs and will also begin their finish grading of the aggregate base. Al’s will coordinate the driveway removal process with each homeowner one day ahead of any driveway removals.
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