River Hills Drive & Scotts Drive detour route:
Past Week’s Work:
K&R and their drilling subcontractor worked to mobilize and prepare for the horizontal direction drill (HDD) under Macatawa River. Staging on the south side of the river near 1st Street included a 2-lane traffic shift along River Avenue, setting up the bore rig and staging equipment. The sidewalk is now closed through this area and pedestrians must utilize the detour route shown below. Staging on the north side of the river also occurred, and the intersection of River Hills Dr. and Scotts Drive has been closed to through traffic (see the detour route below).
Upcoming Work:
Drilling will begin next Monday (19th) for the HDD under Macatawa River. These types of direction drills have 3 stages of operations; pilot, reaming, and pipe pull. This first stage will include pilot drilling the bore path, which will set the location of the HDPE force main (FM) pipe. This process will take 2 – 4 weeks. The 2nd stage (reaming), creates a hole for the pipe to later be placed in. Reaming includes pulling various sized drill heads to enlarge the bore hole. Stage 2 will likely take 6 – 8 weeks. The final stage is to pull the 30” HDPE pipe through the hole created by the reaming process. They plan to stage the pipe on the north side of the river, and pull back to the south.
