Weekly Update for Week of August 23, 2010

Locust and Lincoln Highway Streetscape Update:


Lincoln Highway:

Remaining work on Lincoln Highway includes lighting, landscaping and crosswalks, Lighting is estimated to arrive later this week and the installation should be complete in 2 weeks. Landscaping will be installed in September in the planter beds. Crosswalk application will likely start the week of August 30, 2010

Pedestrian Pass Thru:

The pedestrian pass thru is open, but all aspects are not completed. Under drains, underlayment, and bricks are in and temporary lighting is in place. Still to come are benches, lighting, handrail and gates. All work is anticipated to be done by final completion deadline of October 15, 2010

Locust Street:


Alliance Construction, the City of DeKalb’s general contractor on Lincoln and Locust has moved all work over to Locust St. at the time. Things are very busy underground during this phase of the project. Alliance is working on the south side of Locust Street from 1st to 4th at this time. They have removed only the portion of the road and sidewalk that is needed for utility contractor to install underground conduit. Utility company conduit work has been focused at 1st and Locust, but should begin moving faster down Locust now that the main ComEd conduit is across 1st Street. Alliance will follow behind the utility company to remove the rest of the road and sidewalk on the south side of Locust late this week and then begin surface work. No word yet on when work will move to the north side. Conduit work is slow going, but we are on schedule at this point and time. As a reminder contractor is required to have Locust open by November 20, 2010.

Going Underground

Work has gone underground on Locust Street:

Our contractor has removed only the portion of the road and sidewalk so far that is needed to allow the utility contractor to put in the conduit. Utility contractor started at 1rst and Locust and is heading east towards 4th. Conractor will be back on the scene in about a week following behind the utility company to remove the rest of the road and sidewalk on the south side of Locust. No word yet on when work will move to the norht side. This work is slow going. Crew is currently pushing conduit underground. You may not see a lot going on...but things are busy underground right now.

Lincoln Highway Update:

The pedestrian pass thru is open, but final touches are not in just yet. Lighting for Lincoln is starting to arrive. Expect to see crews on Lincoln in the next weeks installing new light poles on north side and installing the last of the street furniture. Special crosswalk treatment will be installed on Lincoln following Aug 26.

If you have questions please contact Jennifer Groce at ReNew DeKalb by calling 815-748-7788 or send an email to jennifer@renewdekalb.com

Pass Thru Is Open

Pass Thru Open
After a few years of planning and many discussion the pedestrian pass thru is OPEN. All the final details are not complete, but the bricks are in and temporary lighting is up. Still to come are benches, lighting, handrail and gates. Eventually there is also artwork that is planned to be installed, but that will most likely not be for some time.

Lincoln Hwy Update:
We are still waiting on lights and street furniture. This is all expected to be here at the end of August. We also need to install a special cross walk overlay on Lincoln, but there is a backorder on thermoplast so this will also likely be late August or early September. We will coordinate this installation around major events including NIU move-in, Cornfest, Huskies SEE DeKalb, Middlewest Fest and of course much anticiapted football games!


Locust Street Update
Due to the rain removals went slower last week and the weather does not look great for the first part of this week. The plan is to finish all removals today and have utilitiy companies on site for the start of conduit installation. We will keep you updated pending weather. Removals include the intersection of 2nd and 3rd as well as bank entrances and the Van Buer Plaza. The construciton company is trying to do removals in those areas first thing in the morning and have gravel back in place by 9or 10a.m. to allow traffic to move normally during business hours. Again weather is slowing this down a bit, but they are doing the best they can.

As always, please email or call Jennifer Groce at RNDK with any questions or concerns at 815-748-7788 or jennifer@renewdekalb.com

Have a great week!

Pass Thru Progress

Come rain, thunder, or really BIG thunder...the pass thru is being bricked today!