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is being made on the street improvements on 3 blocks Center Street
from 11th to 13th ... with asphalt applied Oct. 24 and new bricks
for the intersection at 13th and Center started today. The gray
"bricks" are fake ... and the crosswalk on the east side
of the intersection deadends into grass. And I'm still waiting to
see if there will ever be a sidewalk to the post office? -- Ted
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will add that the project area is much larger as drainage from Center
Street to the south for storm drainage to reach the creek involves extensive
culvert work to the south (especially) on 11th Street. And anyone that
lives or works in the neighborhood knows detours have been the norm for
weeks and will continue a bit more until completion. -- Ted |
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| Asphalt was applied
October 24 instead of replacing the historic brick street surface. (Reference
City Commission meetings July
2009 & Oct 21, 2013
& July 18, 2016
& June 17, 2017) |
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| The gray crosswalk
"bricks" are poured and scored to look like brick in the ornamental
intersections at 13th and 11th Streets. |
I hate to complain
with so many positive improvements but am perplexed that the crosswalk
sidewalk connections on the east side of the 13th and Center intersection
were removed by this project. I assume the drainage inlets on the north
side made it difficult to keep a full-sized ramp, but to eliminate it
completely just drives me crazy. The Baptist Church construction in 2012
(5 years ago) had already placed a ramp there. I am also pretty sure a
real sidewalk connection to the Post Office from this direction will not
be a part of the improvements based on what I've seen so far. I understand
a 3-sided "prople" intersection is still functional but foolish
so close to the Library, Middle School and Health Center. As far as I
know there was no public opportunity to review the plans before construction
began. -- Ted Wright 10/26/2017
(Reference previous sidewalk
"foolishness" editorial July 2012 on S-Curve project) |
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New
curbs, gutters and sidewalks for most of the 3 block project.
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some of the old pipes under the circa ~1915-16 brick streets ... this
at 13th and Center. I hope they were replaced and some provision made
to repair/upgrade without destroying the street again in the future? --
Ted |
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bricks removed from Center Street that will apparently not be replaced.
Asphalt is the new surface for the majority of the 3 block roadway with
the end intersections at 11th and 13th to be re-bricked but obviously
with newly purchased bricks? based on what I'm seeing this week. -- Ted
10/26/2017 |
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Might
want to avoid Center Street (from 13th to the east) on your way
to the Middle School tomorrow. Utility and construction work is
now under way on about 3 blocks of Center Street (especially the
Post office corner). -- Ted ~8am 8/16/2017
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electrical, water, sewer, and who knows what all else runs near or under
our city streets? was an early part of the city project started in mid-August
2017 just as school began after summer break. |
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for the 2017 project was the historically poor drainage on Center Street
(especially 12th & Center shown after an August 2009 heavy rain looking
towards the Post Office). |
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the 2017 project is to repair the roadway torn up by multiple city repairs
for utilities under the historic brick pavement that was never properly
restored. This 2011 example was for water lines just south of the Post
Office near 10th and Center. |
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