Last month we were hit with a major storm - the largest our area has seen in terms of rainfall intensity for some time. Many people's homes and properties experienced flooding. Because of this, I thought some people might be interested in looking at FLOODSIM - a Web site that has been set up to educate people about flooding. It is based on the UK but many of the principles are similar; the site gives people the opportunity to make flood-related decisions and apply them to the country. Then the rain begins and reports come in about how well your decisions reduced flooding.
Although going through the site may not help stop your flooding problem, it might give people a little insight into how decisions are made by government and what they can do to try to influence or improve upon those decisions as members of the community.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Public Works Update - Week of Aug. 3rd
Here is a quick update on a few projects/issues happening around town:
Lights on the bridge over the canal and lights downtown:
After a truck damaged two lights on the bridge and after waiting over a year to go through the insurance and ordering of new lights, the city hired JB Contracting to put up the new lights and fix the wiring last month. So everything on the bridge should be operational. Unfortunately for the lighting downtown, the city is still waiting to get the lights. These were ordered at the same time as the ones on the bridge, but for some reason they were manufactured wrong so we shipped them back. When we get the correct lights, they will be installed downtown in the areas where the city has improved the streetscape.
Golfview Sanitary Sewer Extension and Road Reconstruction:
Last month the city opened bids for this project; John Pohar & Sons was the low bidder for the project. Work will begin after contracts are signed and Pohars can schedule the job to begin. We are expecting that this will not happen before the week of Aug. 25th.
Because the road had failed so completely, we will be remove the entire pavement lying between the curb and replace it with a different pavement design. Because we are removing the entire roadway, we are taking advantage of the situation and installing the sanitary sewer for the subdivision so that residents will have a sewer to tie in to should their septic tank fail. We will run each sewer service to the property line and cap it. Residents will not be required to tie in at this time but will be able to whenever they so choose. At that time, each resident will be responsible for all costs associated with hooking up their own line from their house to the capped line and for paying a sewer hookup fee to the city.
East 6th Road:
All work associated with the road repair and ditch reconstruction has been completed. The city is in the process of getting bids to install the landscaping which will be sod. As soon as bids are recieved, the city will authorize the contractor to begin the work.
Storm-related work:
After being inundated with about 5 inches of rain and then being hit with a wind storm a week later, city crews have been working hard to televise sewers and pick up downed branches. The street department has picked up branches from over 300 sites in the last 2 weeks. They have also televised several sewers in the areas that experienced backups. So far the only problem found in the sanitary sewer was in the line along Crosat Street. The crews found a significant amount of roots in the line so we have arranged for a crew to come out and cut out the roots this week (week of Aug. 3rd).
Lights on the bridge over the canal and lights downtown:
After a truck damaged two lights on the bridge and after waiting over a year to go through the insurance and ordering of new lights, the city hired JB Contracting to put up the new lights and fix the wiring last month. So everything on the bridge should be operational. Unfortunately for the lighting downtown, the city is still waiting to get the lights. These were ordered at the same time as the ones on the bridge, but for some reason they were manufactured wrong so we shipped them back. When we get the correct lights, they will be installed downtown in the areas where the city has improved the streetscape.
Golfview Sanitary Sewer Extension and Road Reconstruction:
Last month the city opened bids for this project; John Pohar & Sons was the low bidder for the project. Work will begin after contracts are signed and Pohars can schedule the job to begin. We are expecting that this will not happen before the week of Aug. 25th.
Because the road had failed so completely, we will be remove the entire pavement lying between the curb and replace it with a different pavement design. Because we are removing the entire roadway, we are taking advantage of the situation and installing the sanitary sewer for the subdivision so that residents will have a sewer to tie in to should their septic tank fail. We will run each sewer service to the property line and cap it. Residents will not be required to tie in at this time but will be able to whenever they so choose. At that time, each resident will be responsible for all costs associated with hooking up their own line from their house to the capped line and for paying a sewer hookup fee to the city.
East 6th Road:
All work associated with the road repair and ditch reconstruction has been completed. The city is in the process of getting bids to install the landscaping which will be sod. As soon as bids are recieved, the city will authorize the contractor to begin the work.
Storm-related work:
After being inundated with about 5 inches of rain and then being hit with a wind storm a week later, city crews have been working hard to televise sewers and pick up downed branches. The street department has picked up branches from over 300 sites in the last 2 weeks. They have also televised several sewers in the areas that experienced backups. So far the only problem found in the sanitary sewer was in the line along Crosat Street. The crews found a significant amount of roots in the line so we have arranged for a crew to come out and cut out the roots this week (week of Aug. 3rd).
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