Part II: LOCUST ST.

It is official! Construction has moved to Locust Street. All 6 phases of Lincoln Highway were completed ahead of schedule...yahoooo! Only a small amount of ornamental work remains on Lincoln Highway. We are also happy to report that the Pedestrian Pass thru is well underway. Work on Locust will continue through mid-November of 2010 and then pause for the holidays. Work will resume when the weather breaks in the spring of 2011 and should be completed by June.

Here is an overview of where we are on Lincoln and what to expect on Locust Street:

Lincoln Highway
The only work that remains is lighting, landscaping and cross walks, The installation of lighting should be in place by late August. Landscaping will be installed this fall and cross walk application will take place in late August or September.

Pedestrian Pass Thru
The foundation has been poured and bricks will be installed over the next week. Lighting, railings, and street furniture will follow.

Locust Street
Locust Street work will start on the south side from 1st to 4th and then move to the north side. Work got underway this week with the installation of a utility cabinet at 1st and Locust. Next week there will be lots of saw cutting and then removals. This is can be loud and dusty at times, but should go quickly. Work will then focust on installing utility conduit. At this point and time we do not know when work will move to the south side. A detour is in place for east bound traffic to th street. Additional signage has been installed on 1st street to direct vehicles to parking and 2nd Street.

As always, if you have any questions please contact Re:New DeKalb at 815-748-7788 or the City of DeKalb Engineering Department at 815-748-2000.

NICOR is on Locust...no streetscape work yet!

The current work on Locust Street is NOT part of the planned utility burial and streetscape project planned to start next week.

According to the City of DeKalb, NICOR realized they need to make some repairs and adjustments between 2nd and 3rd to a gas line on Locust and felt it necessary to do in advance of utility burial construction planned to start July 26. NICOR is managing this construction and all traffic control associated with it. Our contractor for Lincoln and Locust, Alliance is not part of the NICOR work.

As part of the streetscape contract work, Alliance cannot begin construction until Lincoln Highway is complete (with the exception of the north side of Lincoln between 3rd and 4th St. and the Pass thru).

A road closure and detour is in place at this time for traffic heading west bound from 3rd to 2nd. Work is anticipated to be completed next week on Monday 7/26 or Tues 7/27.

Due to this work, the start of significant work on Locust will be delayed. Minor saw cutting and some traffic control will go up early next week, but major road removals are not anticipated to take place at this time until late next week or the first part of Aug.

Follow the red brick sidewalks

Main events this week were brick, bricks and more bricks. Construction work also moved into the last block to be completed on Lincoln Highway this week. Work began in block 6 (3rd to 4th on the north side of Lincoln Hwy) with sidwalk removal. Light pole painting took place and the intersectiosn of 1rst, 2nd and 3rd. And last but, not least RNDK hosted an informational Locust St.pre-construction meeting today. Work is scheduled to start on Locust St. as of July 26, 2010

Here is a block by block run down of where things stand on and what to expect over the next week or so.

Block 1 (1st to 2nd on south side of Lincoln Hwy)
Completed expect for street furniture and final plantings.
Bike racks and street furniture to be installed over the next week.
Landscaping to come later in the fall.

Block 2 (2nd to 3rd on south side of Lincoln Hwy)
Completed expect for street furniture and final plantings.
Bike racks and street furniture to be installed over the next week.
Lanscaping to come later in the fall.

Block 3 (3rd to 4th on south side of Lincoln Hwy)
Completed expect for installation of light poles, street furniture, and final plantings. Bike racks and street furniture to be installed over the next week following bricks. Light poles expected in mid-August.Temporay lighting will be installed.Landscaping to come later in the fall.

Block 4 (1st to 2nd on north side of Lincoln Hwy)
Bricks nearly finished. Bike racks and street furniture to be installed over the next week.Light poles expected in mid-August.Temporay lighting will be installed.Landscaping to come later in the fall.

Block 5 (2nd to 3rd on north side of Lincoln Hwy)
Bricks are underway. Bike racks and street furniture to be installed over the next week. Light poles expected in mid-August. Temporay lighting will be installed.Landscaping to come later in the fall.

Block 6 (3rd to 4th on north side of Lincoln Hwy)
Work will continue in this block for the next 2 weeks. Currently working on installing conduit for utilities. Next will come light bases, followed by concrete sidewalk and underlayment work.

Pedestrian Pass Thru
Final subgrade wall treament to take place early next week followed by grading and electrical work. Brick work to come soon.

Locust Street
Work will begin on Locust Street as of July 26. Work will begin on the south side of Locust from 1rst to 4th St. One lane of traffic will be open at all times. Open traffic lane will be the northside of Locust heading west bound. 2nd and 3rd St. access will be open as well as all parking lots. Parking will be limited on Locust.
More information to come on Locust next week!

Looking to Locust....soon

The next 2 weeks will be very busy with all hands on deck. Things are progressing very well on Lincoln and we are making plans to head to Locust St. soon. We are hosting a special Locust Street preconstruciton meeting this week Friday, July 16 at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall in City Council Chambers. All business owners in the Locust Street area should attend!!! We will be discussing a possible improvement to the schedule.

Here is the block by block update for the week of July 12, 2010 - please note all plans are subject to weather.

Block 1 (1st to 2nd on south side of Lincoln Hwy)
As of 10a.m. this morning all bricks are in. All we are waiting on is the return of the landscape furniture and final plantings in the landscape beds!

Block 2 (2nd to 3rd on the south side of Lincoln Hwy)
Brick work is nearly complete and will be done by this afternoon. So the same goes for block 1 - all we are waiting on is the return of the landscape furniture and final plantings in the landscape beds!

Block 3 (3rd to 4th on the south side of Lincoln Hwy)
Tree grates will be in today or Tuesday. Brick work will be done immediatntly following.

Block 4 (1st to 2nd on the north side of Lincoln Hwy)
Planters and bricks will be completed this week.

Block 5 (2nd to 3rd on the north side of Lincoln Hwy)
Pouring the final underlayment today. Brick work has already begun. Planters and bricks will be completed this week. Please note that some minor electrical work will take place in 3rd St. intersection this week. The road will always be open and accessible to vehicles.

Block 6
Sidewalk removal was to take place today, but work is held off due to a material delay. Removals will take place Tuesday followed by underground work.

Pedestrian Pass Thru (located in Block 5)
Subgrade treatment to take place this week followed by installation of the fill. Perhaps we will see bricks next week sometime.

Light Pole Painting
Contractors will be painting all the light poles in the intersections 1st to 4th on Lincoln Highway.

Lemon's to Lemonade

In the spirit of making something good out of a difficult situation, the business owners from 1st to 3rd on the north side of Lincoln Highway are hosting a "Lemon's to Lemonade" block part in Palmer Court this Saturday July 10 from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. There will be all kinds of fun for the kids and back entrances will accessible. Way to go Vickie and company!!!

Here is the block by block update for the week of July 5, 2010 - please note all plans are subject to weather and we have a few thunderstorms being called for this week.

Block 1 (1st to 2nd on south side of Lincoln Hwy)
Precast planters are being installed today (Tuesday). We are hoping to see the final brick work completed by the end of the week.

Block 2 (2nd to 3rd on the south side of Lincoln Hwy)
Precast is complete. Again, hoping to see brick work this week to complete this block.

Block 3 (3rd to 4th on the south side of Lincoln Hwy)
Lights went up last week and bricks are almost complete. We are just waiting on the last 3 tree grates to arrive. Hopefully they will get here this week and the brick work can be completed.

Block 4 (1st to 2nd on the north side of Lincoln Hwy)
First half of the sidewalk was poured on Friday. The underlayment (outer portion where bricks will go) will be poured today (weather pending). As a reminder this block will mimic the block across the street with brick layout. Bump outs at the corners of each block will match the layout across the street. Weather pending, brick work will begin later this week.

Block 5 (2nd to 3rd on the north side of Lincoln Hwy)
Conduit work will take place and light bases will be poured. There are several tree bases in this block to be dug as well. There is a slight chance that sidewalk could be poured from building face to center this Friday. We will keep everyone informed when the pour date is confirmed.

Pedestrian Pass Thru (located in Block 5)
Graffiti coat and subgrade sealer being applied to the walls this week. Next week the fill and grade work will begin.

Wow....