Downtown Construction
Weekly Update - October 17, 2007

MAIN STREET UPDATE

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

ACCOMPLISHED

• The base course of asphalt was paved for on-street parking areas along Main Street and the alley behind 111 Reading Road.
• Crews installed sidewalks and are pouring driveway aprons in various locations.
• Masonry blocks for the plaza walls, as well as for the wall along the parking lot adjacent to 111 Reading Road, have been completed.
• Cement for the pavers was poured for the area in front of the walls of the plaza.
• Time Warner Cable and Duke Energy continue to pull wire for underground cable.
• Conduit has been installed for the traffic signal.
• Several underground electric hook ups were completed for the 100 to 200 blocks of Main Street.
• Workers have prepped the sidewalk/cement for the installation of the pavers.

OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS:

• Workers will begin installing the stone facing on the walls of the plaza.
• Pavers will be installed in the strips along the sidewalk areas.
• Conduit installation will continue in the plaza area for street lights and the irrigation system.
• Trench drains and concrete benches will be installed for the plaza area.
• Electrical services will continue to be transferred from overhead to underground for some individual buildings.

MASON-MONTGOMERY ROAD PROJECT

ACCOMPLISHED THUS FAR:

• Conduit installation for the streetlights continues to be installed.
• Paving work was completed on West North Street. Crews are working on re-opening the street for westward one-way traffic.
• Paving work on the bike path was completed.
• Sidewalks, driveway aprons, and curb ramps were poured in several locations.
• Restoration work continued. Crews are continuing to seed disturbed areas.
• Time Warner Cable continued cable line installation.

OUTLOOK FOR NEXT TWO WEEKS:

• Pouring of driveways, sidewalks, and aprons will be completed.
• The restoration and seeding of disturbed areas will continue.
• Street light foundation installation will begin.
• Time Warner Cable should finish their cable relocation. Once complete, Embarq will begin relocating their phone lines to the new poles.