Whirlwind of Activity

It has literally been a whirlwind of activity along Locust Street and we expect it to keep up even after the 45+mph winds calm down.

Here is what to expect the next week or so on Locust:

Underdrains - starting at 1st and Locust the contractor will be installing underdrains and working towards 4th.

Light Base Foundations - again starting at 1st the contractor will be working to install the light base foundations and working towards 4th.

Curb & Gutter - curb and gutter was just completed up to 4th as of late Wednesday.

Paving of North side of Locust - you read that correctly, we are all set to pave the north side of Locust St. to binder course this Saturday, October 30 starting at 7a.m. Contractor hopes to have all work done before the kids arrive to trick-or-treat at 1p.m. However, The Locust will not open to 2-way traffic right way because we have lots of trucks that need to be in that area to put in sidewalk, bricks, lights and more. Locust will open to 2-way traffic no latter than Nov 13.

IF WEATHER PERMITS - we WIll pave Locust to final course next week. Temps need to be 40 degree's and rising. We are crossing our fingers and hoping for a warm day so we can make this happen. We had only required to binder course, but things are well on schedule and we hope to get some extra work done that will make things easier on all of us over the winter.


Sidewalk and Underlayment - contractor will start to pour sidewalk next week on Monday Nov 1 weather permitting.

Tree and Tree Grates - We are hopeful that we will be able to install tree's and tree grates yet as well. This will make the brick installation work much easier.

Bricks - not scheduled yet, but we should see brick work soon after the sidewalk and underlayment are in.


As a reminder - utility poles will remain in place over the winter and utility companies will coordinate crossovers with customers. When the weather breaks in the spring we will remove the poles, pour final concrete, lay bricks, install street furniture and final landscape materials.

As always, if you have any questions plese contact City of DeKalb Engineer Joel Maur at 815-748-2000 or Jennifer Groce at Re:New DeKalb at 815-748-7788.

Have a great Halloween Weekend!