1. Point Place
Sewer
Improvements
Neighborhood Advisory
Committee
September 14, 2005
2. Today’s Meeting
• Water department – service interruption notification
policy
• Program construction update
• Update/review Phase 2C of sewer improvement project
• Gather input on:
• Boring vs. Open Cut
• Construction issues
• Traffic issues
14. Phase 2C – Schedule
• Bids are in:
• Gleason Construction is apparent low bidder
• $2.14 million for boring
• $1.9 million for open trench
• Construction Begins – November 2005
• Street Restoration – Spring 2006
15. Phase 2C – Overview
• 24-inch gravity
relief sewer from
135th north on
Edgewater to 149th
• Bid two ways
• Open trench
• Boring
16. Boring or Open Trench
• Difficult, disruptive project either way
• Detour still needed under either option
17. Boring - Pros & Cons
• Boring Pros
• Requires several large pits but no long trenches
• Less truck traffic hauling dirt in and out
• Boring Cons
• More expensive
• Only areas disturbed will be re-paved – not the
whole street
18. Options - Pros & Cons
• Open Trench Pros
• Less Expensive
• Open Trench Cons
• Difficult, messy
20. Detour Option #1 –
One-Way Bypass
• Northbound traffic routed on three-phase detour
• Southbound traffic routed on Edgewater – one
lane maintained
• Flaggers needed on some sections
• No on-street parking on detour route
21. Option #1 –
One-Way Bypass
• Phase 1
• 136th east to Lakeside northeast to 317th north to
141st west
• 138th bypass - 136th east to 313th north to 138th west
• Phase 2
• One-lane maintained with flaggers between 141st
and 145th
• Phase 3
• 145th east to 321st north to 146th east to 324th north to
149th west to Edgewater south
23. Option #2 –
One Lane With Flaggers
• No detour
• Like last phase of Edgewater work
• One lane maintained around construction with
flaggers
24. Recommendations
• City recommends one-way bypass detour
• Approved by TARTA and Fire Department
• Bus route re-confirmed with Tarta after last meeting
– tested and approved.
25. Access for Safety Services
• Police and Fire will have direct communication
with construction crews
26. Public Notification/
Communications
• Meetings with businesses and Police/Fire
• Point Shoreland Journal – advertising with map
showing construction schedule and detours
• Run 2 times before start of construction
• Signage placed on Edgewater warning of
coming detours (2 weeks prior)
27. Public Notification/
Communications
• Notification of residents
• Point Place by mail
• Literature drop in Lost Peninsula
• Other recommendations from Committee
• Another public meeting prior to start of
construction