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Commissioner Jeff Rader
Manuel J. Maloof Center
1300 Commerce Drive
5th Floor
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 371-2863
jrader@co.dekalb.ga.us
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| Public Works Department Update for 9/8/2006 |
| Sep 8, 2006 |
Construction Projects:
Several more of the Transportation Bond-funded sidewalks were completed in the last few weeks:
District2:
Dresden Drive, from Thompson Road to Apple Valley Road, on the south side
The following Bond sidewalk projects are in progress:
McClendon Drive, east side, from Tanner Drive to Lindmore Drive; is 99% complete, with some final restoration work/sodding to complete.
Oak Grove, east side, from LaVista Road to Woodleaf Lane; is about 10% complete; the project should be completed by September 22, 2006.
Jody Lane, east side, from LaVista Road to Holly Drive; is about 3% complete (primarily water meter relocations and preliminary grading work).
The sidewalk contractors have been given Notices to Proceed for:
Briarlake Road, south side, from Briarcliff Road to Lakeside High School; to be completed by November 9, 2006.
The general contractor for the $23 million project to reconstruct the interchange at Lawrenceville Highway and I-285, CW Matthews Construction Company, should start soon. They are doing some construction staking and should be underway with clearing and grading. GDOT held some additional meetings with affected property owners to address their concerns about how the construction process will impact their businesses. This project includes complete interchange replacement, as well as re-alignment of Montreal Road at Lawrenceville Highway, and is a two and a half year contract, to be completed by December 31, 2008.
Buford Highway sidewalks and safety improvements, from Shallowford Terrace in Chamblee to I-285 in Doraville, are 77% complete; the contractor is complete with most of the sidewalks, the landscaping (although much of it died during the heat/dry weeks and will have to be replaced), and the street lighting. The majority of work remaining includes the pedestrian medians/refuge islands. The contractor has been given a time extension by GDOT to March 1, 2007, so the site may not see significant activity until the pedestrian crossing work starts, and then the landscaping is replaced.
CMES, Inc. has started construction on the intersection improvement project at Ponce de Leon Avenue and Hambrick. The contract completion date is May 31, 2007.
The remaining major projects on schedule to bid in 2006 or early 2007:
Ponce de Leon Avenue at McLendon; turn lane construction and signal upgrades to improve traffic safety and efficiency; all the necessary rights-of-way have been acquired by the County. The McLendon project has slipped to a November 2006 letting due to some outstanding issues that GDOT is resolving with the CSX Railroad.
The Roads & Drainage storm water crews are complete with 45 of the 3rd Quarter "Top 50" list of high-priority drainage repairs, and there are still 3 weeks left in the Quarter, so congratulations to Nancy Smith, Ken Perry and their crews for continuing to deliver high quality repairs in a short turnaround. Some of the major projects completed in the last month included an emergency pipe replacement project on Clifton Road near the Fernbank Science Center, where they installed a new 21-inch storm pipe (the drainage work is complete and the asphalt crew will put a final topping on the street as soon as their schedule allows). Some of the current work in progress includes extension of a new storm system on Tobey Road (75% complete) and installation of a pipe liner on Ragley Hall Road (60% complete).
Phase 3, Unit 1 construction at Seminole Landfill is about 83% complete, but the wet weather this last month has slowed the contractor, Morgan Construction, somewhat. The storm drains for the site are complete; excavation is proceeding for storm water Pond 12; and the cell subgrade certification has been approved. The clay liner placement is complete; as soon as EPD signs off on the liner placement, the rest of the composite liner will proceed. The contractor has hauled in over 168,000 tons of sand. Groundwater and methane system installation is underway. The project is on schedule for completion by March 2007.
The Methane Gas to Electricity project at the Landfill is about 30% complete. The engines and main equipment have been installed, and the construction of the steel building for the facility is proceeding. The engines will begin producing electricity in October 2006.
Environmental Quality
The Sanitation Division's subscription curbside recycling program now has over 10,103 households participating, and has diverted more than 2374 tons of recylable material from the Landfill.
There is a Rivers Alive cleanup scheduled for the South River on October 7. Keep DeKalb Beautiful, the Greenspace program, and Public Works staff have been involved in planning for this annual event. Also coming up soon, Keep DeKalb Beautiful's bi-annual Electronics Recycling Day will be on October 28, with drop off sites at Memorial Drive annex, and at Brook Run Park. |
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