EAST SIBLEY STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT
Updated - June 26, 2009
THE CONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE WORKING ON FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009. ALL WORK WILL RESUME AS USUAL ON MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009.
PHASE II - Elm Street to National
Beginning Thursday, June 11, 2009 the area between S. Elm and S. National will be closed to all through traffic. Detours will be at Elm Street to residents in the Oceola, E. Washington, Fair and Bush Street Area. National Street will continue to be open to the south. This is the continuation of the reconstruction project that is currently underway from Michigan to Fowler Street.
Please continue to watch website for further updates.
PARKING LOT #1 located between Michigan and Court Street will remain open, and accessible
from Court Street.
WHAT IS HAPPENING
The City of Howell received a portion of funding from the Federal Government and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to reconstruct E. Sibley Street from Michigan Avenue to National Street. This project will include street reconstructions implementing traffic calming measurs and pedestrian circulation. It will also accommodate new water main, sanitary sewer and storm sewer. Once the project is awarded by MDOT, the City will become the local agency that manages the project.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE
Street Lights * Traffic calming boulevards * Benches and litter receptacles * New storm sewers * New water mains and sanitary sewers * Designated crosswalks at McCarthy, Court, Barnard, Fowler and Elm * On-street parking
Projected Timeline
*Final Completion - Summer 2010
Drawings for the project are available for reviewing at City Hall.
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CITY'S THREE-YEAR STREET PROGRAM.
Updated - June 26, 2009
THE CONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE WORKING ON FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009. ALL WORK WILL RESUME AS USUAL ON MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009.
We have completed our Open House Program at the Hubbell, Roth & Clark Offices. Final plans can be viewed at City Hall 3rd Floor, Community Development during regular business hours (8 am - 5 pm) Monday through Friday.
Neighborhood Coffee Break
June 30th 8 am Corner of State/Higgins
RE: Court Street Progress ONLY
The Project: The Howell City Council has approved a three-year program that will reconstruct approximately 10.805 miles of the City’s 36 miles of streets beginning in July 2009 (click on the link below for a map of the streets included). The project includes not only reconstructing the roads, but also replacing aging sewer and water lines and making storm sewer improvements. The streets within the program are a mixture of local and major streets that have not undergone any significant rehabilitation within the last twenty years. City staff and engineers have also identified corresponding underground water and sanitary sewer work with the intent of providing a twenty year fix.
YEAR ONE -PHASE ONE
This phase of the program began June 15, 2009 and is expected to re-open in November. Because the scope of the project involves a substantial amount of work, specific schedules are difficult to predict at this time.
DETAILS-
The contractor (Dan's Excavating, Inc. of Shelby Township) has indicated his process for construction is as follows: Pulverize asphalt roads (entire area), install sanitary sewer mains/leads, install water main, install storm sewer within roadway, connect new watemain to existing, install water services, roadway excavation, install storm sewer outside of roadway, prepare/place concrete curbs, sidewalks and driveways, prepare/place asphalt roadway base, prepare/place asphalt driveways, install asphalt top, final grade and plant grass seed.
HOURS of CONSTRUCTION -
6:30 am - 7 pm Monday - Saturday
STREET ACCESS -
During the project, the contractor is required to keep one lane open for emergency vehicle access. During construction hours there may be time that you will not be able to access your driveway, and we encourage you to park out of the construction area along nearby side streets. At the end of each work day, the contractor will rough grade your drive approach to allow access to your homes. During the time when they will be installing curb and gutter, paving operations, and driveway approaches, this will not be possible. All attempts will be made to allow access to your homes on a regular basis, but be advised that utility and road work will create delays and cause peridoic utility interruptions.
The preliminary order of construction (subject to change):
1. Court
2. Summit
3. Lake
4. Higgins
5. Barnard
6. Bates
7. Thompson
8. State
DETOURS-
There will be no specific detour for this project; all roads will be closed to through traffic. Please allow extra time in your travels.
SPECIFIC ACCOMMODATIONS-
If you need special accommodations during construction, please contact us as soon as possible (517-546-3861), or speak to the on-site inspector once the project begins. If you have personal property within teh street right-of- way (sprinkler systems, fencing, landscaping, etc) you may want to move to better protect them. Generally the contractor is not responsible for reinstalling these items.
TRASH PICK UP-
Trash pick up will continue on the regularly scheduled day, but before contractor operations (6 am).
VIBRATIONS FROM CONSTRUCTION WORK-
Our experience has taught us that in rare cases, vibrations from construction operations have caused items within homes to "move around". We recommend pakcing away valuable items on shelves, walls or furniture until the project is complete.
CONTACTS -
Howell Engineering - 546-3861
Department of Public Works - 546-7510
City Manager Office - 546-3502
