Last Post of the Winter Season...

It is hard to believe that the holiday season is starting, but we thrilled that construction work is done for the winter…and we ended up ahead of the overall schedule thanks to great support by our business owners and contractors…oh and we had some terrific weather too!

So this is our last post of the season, unless we get any further notifications.

Here is what to expect this week:

Brick work will go through the end of the week, with a possible need for some finishing work next Monday and Tuesday.

Landscape work will get finished on Monday Nov 22 with install of final bushes and plants.

Final electrical work should be done by Friday.

Locust will reopen to 2-way traffic on Friday, Nov 19 first thing in the morning


As a reminder – we WILL see the utility poles remain in place over the winter while the utility companies work to do the switchovers. ComEd, Comcast and Frontier will all be around over the winter to do their switchover work. They will notify customers whenever changes are to occur. This work is being done by the utility companies. We will pick back up in the Spring when the weather breaks and the final work should be completed by June of 2011.

Thanks to EVERYONE for another great construction season!

As always, if you have any questions, please contact City Engineer Joel Mauer at 815-748-2000 or Re:New DeKalb at 815-748-7788

On the Road Again

Could not resist the title in celebration of Locust Street being final paved as of today at 3p.m.!

Here is what to expect for the next week or so:

Starting on Wednesday Nov 10
Installation of tree's and planter curbs.
Continue pouring sidewalk and underlayment

Thursday, Nov 11 & Friday Nov 12
Finish paving alley's and driveways along Locust. For short periods of time some drives and alley's will not be accessible while being paved. This will be for only a short period of time.
Install temporary asphalt around power poles that are remaining over the winter

Starting Friday Nov 12
Bricks will begin to be installed. Contractor will work throughout the following week as well.

Saturday Nov 13
Contractor will continue to pour sidewalk and underlayment to prepare for bricks.

Week of Nov 14
Set light poles
Continue installing bricks
Finish any landscaping and planter curb work
Installation of temporary strips for the road and parking


Also please note ComEd is beginning to pull wire's and has a project they are working on in the 1st and Locust St. area adjacent to the Egyptian Theatre.

Locust Street will re-open to 2-way traffic as of Friday morning Nov 19!

Final Stretch!!!

With two weeks to go we are just about done on Locust for the winter and we have made great progress. We have already met the contract requirements of getting Locust to binder course and great news...we will be putting in the final course of Locust as well! Mark you calendars...Locust will reopen entirely to two-way traffic with tree's, light poles installed, sidewalk and bricks all in as of November 19.

Needless to say, things will be really really busy the next 2 weeks, but we are grateful that the weather has held and we have been able to finis more work than we had anticipated before the start of winter.

Here is what to expect for the next week or so:

Base course and Electric
We will be finishing the base course and electric work through the end of this week.

Sidewalk/Underlayment
We will be installing sidewalk and underlayment for the next week starting from 1st heading towards 4th.

Roadway prep/manhole/grinding - starting Thursday of this week thru next Monday.

Final Course
Currans will be putting the final course of the road on Tuesday of next week. There may be minimal disruption to entrances and drives (around 15 minutes) as the asphalt truck and roller move by. This is GREAT news. We will install temporary lane makers and stop lines until spring.

Tree's and Bushes
Landscaper will start installing tree's and bushes on Monday of next week.

Alley paving
Curran's will pave alley's following the paving of Locust on Wed, Thur or Friday of next week.

Bricks
Bricks will be installed starting on Wednesday of next week. Brick layers will be here for about a week.

As always, if you have any questions please contact Joel Mauer at the City of DeKalb at 815-748-2000 or Jennifer Groce at Re:New DeKalb at 815-748-7788