Progress Report:
This week Dean’s Excavating and De Witt Trenching have mobilized to the Saddle Ridge development. Force main pipe has been delivered and the crews have begun the process of fusing the HDPE pipe together. The first portion of the week was spent locating existing utilities that will be crossed with the horizontal directional drill along North Saddle Ridge Court. De Witt begin drilling their pilot hole for the first run along North Saddle Ridge Court on Thursday. Dean’s plans to have a crew on site Friday to begin open trench excavation along the entrance drive off of Edgerton.
Upcoming Work:
Next week Dean’s and De Witt will continue work within the Saddle Ridge development. Force main construction will continue along Saddle Ridge Drive and North Saddle Ridge Court. In the next two weeks, Dean’s will remove some of the fence around the existing wastewater treatment facility and some of the existing asphalt in the area where the new lift station will be built. Dewatering wells will then be installed so that the groundwater can be drawn down to construct the new lift station.
Extra Notes:
The force main alignment was moved from the east side of Edgerton to the west side of Edgerton. By doing so, it is anticipated that Edgerton Avenue will not have to be closed to thru traffic now to construct the force main crossing US-131, which overall will reduce the traffic impacts in this area.