Work to begin May 17th, 2010

The City of DeKalb is preparing for the final phase of the Downtown Streetscape Construction Project. As always communication will be a critical element for this final phase that involves improvements on Lincoln Highway and Locust Street Re:New DeKalb is committed to providing business/property owners with up to date information and assistance throughout this phase of construction. To keep business/property owners informed Re:New DeKalb will post regular updates on this blog, host regular construction meetings for business/property owners and residents, send out email notifications and coordinate with the local media to ensure the public is informed about access and encouraged to keep visiting our businesses during construction. RNDK will also coordinate with the City of DeKalb and contractors to ensure visible signage is in place notifying downtown visitors where to park and how to access the businesses. In addition to the City of DeKalb Engineering Department, the RNDK office will also serve as a point of communication for business/property owners throughout the project.


East Lincoln Highway and Locust Streetscape
General Schedule of Work


Overall project work between 1st and 4th Street:

• East Lincoln Hwy sidewalks removed and replaced between curb and storefronts, some brick at bump-outs and brick bands along curb, new street lighting, trees and planters, and updated signs and street furniture (waste cans, ash urns, benches) and fiber optic ducts. Traffic signal posts will be painted black.
• Complete pedestrian pass-through as walkway sloped between Lincoln and Palmer Court, adding brick surface, walk railings, lights, and benches at landings.
• Reconstruction of Locust Street and burying overhead utilities and replacement of curbs with bump-outs, new sidewalks and brick bump-outs and brick bands, new lighting, tree planting, street furniture, fiber optic ducts and asphalt pavement.


Estimated schedule starting Lincoln Hwy May 17 working in stages block by block:

• May 17- June 27 south side 1st-3rd sidewalk removal, install underground electrical and light bases, underdrains, fiber optic duct, sidewalk concrete underlayment, & trees
• June 20-July 10 south side 3rd -4th repeated as above and bricks for 1st-3rd
• By about July 15 all south side bricks installed and all south sidewalks fully open
• July 1-July 22 north side 1st-2nd sidewalk removal, install underground electrical and light bases, underdrains, fiber optic duct, sidewalk concrete underlayment, & trees
• July 15- August 10 north side 2nd-3rd repeated as above and bricks for 1st-2nd
• August 2-August 20 north side 3rd-4th repeated as above and bricks 2nd-4th
• By about August 20 all north side bricks installed and north sidewalks fully open



Estimated schedule starting Locust Street about August 2, mostly one side at a time:

• August 2- September 15 Locust one-way westbound while south side only pavement removal, bury utilities, construct south side curb, concrete and brick sidewalks, south pavement, and south side lighting
• September 15-November 20 Locust one-way eastbound while north side pavement removal, finish electrical and fiber utility burial, construct north side curb, concrete and brick sidewalks, north side pavement, lighting, and landscaping both sides
• Spring 2011 complete Locust surface paving and textured crosswalks

Final Phase to Begin May, 17 2010

The final phase of the downtown public improvements was approved by the DeKalb City Council and will begin on May 17, 2010. A preconstruction meeting with the awarded contractor will be held on April 28, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. at the Egyptian Theatre. We will be uploading the construction phasing map that we have been discussing the last few months at R&R and final approved plans later this week. No major changes from previous meetings, but we hope downtown business/property owners and interested stakeholders will attend the April R&R. Stay tuned to the blog for regular construction updates.