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Plainfield Township - Water Supply System Extension: Rogue River (Pvt); Laurentian; Rogue Ridge

Important Information

This project is being designed to extend the municipal water system and connect homes that have been affected by PFAS contamination.

There will be times that the area in front of your homes is torn up and you will have limited access to your home. Please let us know if you have any special access needs and we will do our best to make arrangements with you.

The contractor will be contacting you to make arrangements for mail delivery and garbage collection. Please let us know if you have any problems with this.

Please share this information with your neighbors who may not have email or access to the internet.

Contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns. Thank you for your patience and we look forward to a successful project in your area!

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Prein&Newhof will have personnel in the field on behalf of Plainfield Charter Township.

Wayne Wiersma
Onsite Contact
(616) 640-9791

Kevin Gritters, PE
Project Manager
(616) 432–6701

Jeremy Kamp, PE
Project Engineer
(616) 432–6709

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Contractor Contact:

Montgomery Excavating
(616) 902-5885

water map
September 29, 2023

This Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating completed road grading and gravel replacement along Rogue River Road (Pvt.). Paving is anticipated to take place early/middle of next week.
  • Montgomery continued general project clean up.
  • All water services are available for connection. You may coordinate the water service installation into your house with your private water service contractor.

 

Next Week:

  • Paving of Rogue River Road (Pvt.) and Rogue Lane will take place next week.
  • Montgomery will complete final restoration work along Rogue River Road (Pvt.) and Rogue Lane after the paving work is completed.
  • Montgomery will work on punch list items and wrap up the project next week.

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.

September 25, 2023

This Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating completed water service installation along Rogue River Road (Pvt). All of the water main pipe work is now complete!
  • Montgomery Excavating began road grading and gravel replacement along Rogue River Road (Pvt.).
  • Montgomery Excavating began general project clean up.
  • All water services are now available for connection. You may coordinate the water service installation into your house with your private water service contractor.

 

Next Week:

  • Montgomery will complete restoration work along Rogue River Road (Pvt.) and Rogue Lane.
  • Paving of Rogue River Road (Pvt.) and Rogue Lane is tentatively scheduled for next week.

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.
September 15, 2023

This Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating completed water service installation along Rogue Lane.
  • Montgomery Excavating completed the water main tie-ins at Rogue River Road (Pvt.) and Coventry Woods.
  • Montgomery Excavating completed final restoration along Rogue Ridge, Laurentian, and Childsdale.

 

Next Week:

  • Montgomery will complete water service stubs installations along Rogue River Road (Pvt.).
  • Montgomery will complete final restoration along Rogue River Road (Pvt.) and Rogue Lane.
  • Montgomery will rebuild the portions of private road that were impacted on Rogue River (Pvt.) and Rogue Lane.

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.

September 11, 2023

This Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating worked on water service installation on Rogue Lane and ran into some difficulty missiling the services under the road because of the rocky soils. They will try again next week with a horizontal directional drill.
  • Montgomery Excavating worked on final restoration along Laurentian and Childsdale.

 

Next Week:

  • Montgomery will complete the water main tie-ins to the existing water main on Rogue River Road (Pvt.) and at Coventry Woods on Monday pending passing test results today.
  • Montgomery will complete water service stubs installations along Rogue Lane and Rogue River Road (Pvt.).
  • Montgomery will complete final restoration along Rogue Ridge, Laurentian, and Childsdale.
  • Montgomery will begin to rebuild the portions of private road that were impacted on Rogue River (Pvt.) and Rogue Lane. A paving date has not been set yet.

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.

Tapping new water main on Rogue Lane for WS install
Missiling across Rogue Lane for WS install
September 1, 2023

This Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating completed the water main installation along Rogue River (Pvt.).
  • Black Gold Paving completed paving work on the Childsdale shoulder and Laurentian.
  • Montgomery Excavating is coordinating with the Plainfield Township Water Department today (Friday) to connect the new water main on Rogue Lane to the existing water main on Rogue River (Pvt.). They will do this by making a live tap on the existing water main while it is under pressure so that there will be no impact to existing customers connected to the existing main.

 

Next Week:

  • The new water main along Rogue River (Pvt.) will be pressure tested and disinfected prior to water service stubs being installed toward each house.
  • Montgomery will install water service stubs along Rogue Lane.
  • Montgomery will work on final restoration along Rogue Ridge, Laurentian, and Childsdale.
  • Montgomery will begin to rebuild the portions of private road that were impacted on Rogue River (Pvt.) and Rogue Lane. Paving will not take place until all of the water service stubs have been installed.

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.

August 25, 2023

This Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating completed the water main installation along Rogue Lane. This new water main is being pressure tested and disinfected this week in preparation for water service stub installations at a later date.
  • Montgomery Excavating worked on cleanup and restoration along Rogue Lane.
  • Montgomery Excavating started water main construction at the end of Coventry Woods towards the end of this week.
  • Black Gold Paving completed paving work on Rogue Ridge and placed the first layer of asphalt along the Childsdale shoulder and Laurentian. The date Black Gold Paving will be back to complete the paving work along Childsdale and Laurentian is unknown at this time.

 

Next Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating will complete the water main installation along Rogue River (Pvt.).
  • After the water main has been installed it will be pressure tested and disinfected prior to water service stubs being installed toward each house.
  • Montgomery may begin installing water service stubs along Rogue Lane if they complete the water main installation along Rogue River (Pvt.).

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.
August 18, 2023

This Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating completed miscellaneous work along Laurentian earlier this week and moved equipment and materials south to the Rogue River Road area.
  • Montgomery Excavating should complete the water main installation along Rogue Lane later today.
  • The paving work that was scheduled for this week has been pushed to next week due to the rain received this week.
  • Black Gold Paving was on site at Rogue Ridge this week grading the gravel in preparation for paving early next week.

 

Next Week:

  • Black Gold Paving has tentatively scheduled paving on Rogue Ridge for early next week.
  • Montgomery Excavating will begin water main construction at the north end of Coventry Woods first thing next week.
  • The new water main on Rogue Lane will be filled with water and tested next week so that the water service stubs can be installed after passing test results.

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.
August 11, 2023

This Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating completed water service installation along Laurentian Court and Childsdale Avenue.
  • Montgomery Excavating worked on lawn restoration along Rogue Ridge, 10 Mile, Laurentian, and Childsdale.
  • Gravel was placed and compacted along Rogue Ridge and Laurentian.
  • Concrete curb and gutter replacement at Rogue Ridge and 10 Mile is scheduled to be completed today.
  • Montgomery Excavating began moving equipment and materials down to the Rogue River Road area.

 

Next Week:

  • Paving of Rogue Ridge and Laurentian is scheduled for Tuesday (8/15). The weather today and Monday next week may push this back.
  • Montgomery plans to start water main construction on Rogue Lane Monday and will begin water main construction at Coventry Woods later in the week.

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.

Backfilling and compacting water service trench
Copper water service installed
Water service tap on new water main
Water service installation on Laurentian Court
August 3, 2023

Last Two Weeks:

  • Tree clearing was completed along Childsdale Avenue and in the easement between Coventry Woods and Rogue River (Pvt).
  • Montgomery Excavating completed water main construction along 10 Mile Road and Childsdale Avenue.
  • The new water mains were pressure tested and disinfected.
  • Montgomery Excavating connected the new water mains along 10 Mile Road and Childsdale Avenue to the existing water mains.
  • Water service installation along 10 Mile Road and Rogue Ridge Drive was completed.
  • Montgomery began moving water main materials to the Rogue River Road (Pvt) project area.

 

Next Week:

  • Montgomery will install water services along Laurentian Court and Childsdale Avenue.
  • Rogue Ridge and Laurentian roads will be reconstructed in preparation for paving.
  • Montgomery intends to complete all the restoration work on the Rogue Ridge and Laurentian project areas prior to starting water main construction in the Rogue River Road area.

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.
July 21, 2023

This Week:

  • Montgomery Excavating completed the water main installation in Rogue Ridge and Laurentian. This marks the completion of the major impact to access on the private roads. Future impacts will be for shorter durations of time and Montgomery will inform residents of any future impacts to access.
  • Montgomery Excavating began water main construction along 10 Mile Road.

 

Next Week:

  • Trees will be cleared along Childsdale Avenue and in the easement between Coventry Woods and Rogue River Road (Pvt.) as necessary to install the water main.
  • Montgomery Excavating will finish installing the water main along 10 Mile Road and Childsdale Avenue.
  • Once the water main installation is complete, the new pipe will be filled with water and pressure tested to confirm there are no leaks and it will be disinfected prior to water service stub installation taking place.

 

Please contact any project representative if you have questions or concerns.
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