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Important Information

This project is designed to extend the municipal water system and connect homes that have been affected by PFAS contamination; it is also needed to provide looping in the Water System’s Intermediate Pressure District.

Once the water service stub has been installed out to the public road right-of-way in front of your house, you will receive a letter from our staff on site informing you that your water service is ready for connection. You will have sixty (60) days from the date of the letter to connect to the municipal water system. If you have not already contacted a private water service contractor about installing your free water service, you should do so as soon as possible to ensure you can meet the sixty (60) day connection requirement.

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.

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

Wayne Wiersma
On-Site Contact
(616) 340-9791

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

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

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Contractor: Dean’s Landscaping and Excavating

Nate Wall
(616) 636–5524

Plainfield Township – Water System Extension: Packer Drive

July 15, 2022

Current Status/Progress Report

To date, forty-nine of sixty (49 of 60, or 82%) of houses are connected to the municipal water system. If you have not contacted a prequalified General Contractor to install your water service, you should do so as soon as possible to be sure you can meet the sixty (60) day connection requirement. All water services are ready for connection. If you have any questions about the process, please reach out to Jeremy Kamp, contact information is to the left.

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

June 24, 2022

Current Status/Progress Report

To date, 93% of houses in the project area have a General Contractor lined up to install the private portion of their water service. Only 15 houses remain to be connected to the municipal water system, 75% of the project area is already connected. If you have not contacted a prequalified General Contractor to install your water service, you must do so as soon as possible. All water services are ready for connection. If you have any questions about the process, please reach out to Jeremy Kamp, contact information is to the left.

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

May 27, 2022

Current Status/Progress Report

Dean’s plans to be back on-site Monday to finish up the remaining lawn restoration on Packer Woods Drive and Rogue Hill Court. This will conclude the work that Dean’s was contracted to do.

All water services are ready for connection. You should coordinate this work with the General Contractor you selected as soon as possible. If you have any questions about the process, please reach out to Jeremy Kamp, contact information is to the left.

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

May 20, 2022

This Week:

  • Concrete driveways were replaced on Rogue Hill Court and Packer Woods Drive.
  • Deans worked on lawn restoration on Rogue Hill Court, Rogue Hollow Court, and Packer Woods Drive. Please remember to water your new grass to promote good grass growth.

 

Next Week:

  • Dean’s will do final lawn restoration and final project clean up early next week.

All water services are ready for connection. You should coordinate this work with the General Contractor you selected as soon as possible.

Please contact any project representative to the left if you have questions or concerns.
May 13, 2022

This Week:

  • Dean’s completed water service installation on Rogue Hollow Court.
  • Packer Woods Drive paving was completed.
  • Road patches were paved on Rogue Hollow Court and Rogue Hill Court.

 

Next Week:

  • Concrete driveways will be replaced on Packer Woods and Rogue Hill.
  • Dean’s will complete lawn restoration and final project clean up.

 

Please contact any project representative to the left if you have questions or concerns.
May 9, 2022

Current Status/Progress Report

Packer Woods Drive paving is scheduled for Thursday, 5/12. During paving work, access will be limited throughout the day until the paving is completed. Paving will take place from the south end of the road and work north. Please plan accordingly and we apologize for any inconvenience that this will cause.Please contact any project representative to the left if you have questions or concerns.
May 6, 2022

This Week

Dean’s completed water main installation on Rogue Hollow Court and continued testing the new sections of water main. All of the water main is now installed throughout the project area. Dean’s also installed water services along Packer Woods Drive and Rogue Hill Court. Residents on Packer Woods Drive should have received a letter today from our onsite personnel informing them that their water service is now ready for connection. If you were not home when we stopped by this morning, please look for the letter at your front door.

 

Next Week

Dean’s will install water services along Rogue Hill Court and begin road and lawn restoration along Packer Woods Drive, Rogue Hill Court, and possibly Rogue Hollow Court.

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

Drill Rig installing copper under Rogue Hill Ct
Drill Rig installing copper under Rogue Hill Ct
April 29, 2022

This Week

Dean’s completed water main installation on Packer Woods Drive and Rogue Hill Court and began testing the new sections of water main. Trees were removed along Rogue Hollow Court in preparation for water main construction.

 

Next Week

Dean’s will complete water main construction on Rogue Hollow Court. Dean’s will also install water services to each individual house on Packer Woods Drive pending passing test results. Once all the water services have been installed, Dean’s will start to rebuild the road.

Please contact any project representative to the left if you have questions or concerns.
April 25, 2022

Current Status/Progress Report

Dean’s is close to completing water main installation on Packer Woods Drive, this should be finished up Monday or Tuesday of this week.Next, Dean’s will start water main installation on Rogue Hill Court, and this will take approximately two days. At this same time, the newly installed water main on Packer Woods Drive will be pressure tested and disinfected. Once water main installation is complete on Rogue Hill Court, Dean’s will complete the water main installation on Rogue Hollow Court which will take one to two days.Please contact any project representative to the left if you have questions or concerns.
Road reconstruction on Packer Woods Drive
Road reconstruction on Packer Woods Drive
April 15, 2022

Current Status/Progress Report

Water main construction started up again this week at the south end of Packer Woods Drive – see status map above for progress through this week. Dean’s Excavating plans to continue to construct water main out to Packer Drive next week and should be close to finishing water main construction on Packer Woods Drive by the end of next week. We appreciate your patience as access is limited throughout the workday for the houses that are south of the active construction area.

You should have received a letter from Plainfield Township with the Prequalified Contractor List enclosed. You may start to contact the contractor of your choice to start the process of getting your water service connected to your house when it becomes available in the next few months. If you have any questions about this process, please reach out to Jeremy Kamp (jkamp@preinnewhof.com).

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

 

What to Expect

Next Week

  • Water main construction to continue along Packer Woods Drive.
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