2015 Improvement Projects

The contractor began milling the existing pavement on Eltinge today and plans to mill on Webster Street on Tuesday. Underground utilities are nearly complete on Victoria and the contractor will turn their focus to finishing the underground utilities on 3rd Street in the coming weeks. The City parking lot on 2nd Street is ready for paving. The contractor is hoping to begin some of the paving later this week or early next week on the projects that are ready. Here is a photo of section of watermain being installed.

2015 Improvement Projects

Construction has begun on all of the 2015 improvement projects. They are all at various phases in the process, but below is a listing of this year's projects and areas that drivers should use caution when traveling through.

Reconstruction - Third Street (Prairie to East dead end); Victoria (Albion to Park); Oxford (Victoria to Willow)
Resurfacing - Third Street (Sylvania Park to Lake Ave); Downtown parking lot A (Second street); Victoria (Park to Cambridge)
Overlay - Webster (TH 15 to Home); Eltinge (Interlaken to dead end)

The sealcoat project has been completed for 2015.

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Albion Avenue Reconstruction

Thanks to the early spring weather the contractor was able to get going on Albion in April. The concrete contractor finished the curb and gutter, driveways, and street patches. The asphalt patching has been completed and the landscape contractor finished the sod last week. The majority of traffic control was removed on Friday, May 8th with traffic now using the full road width. We are anticipating the pavement marking subcontractor to be onsite this week to complete the striping.

Woodland Channel Construction

The new channel was opened for boat traffic on April 24th. Here are some photos of the completed project and Mayor Randy Quiring on one of the first boats using the new channel.

Woodland Channel Construction

Construction of the new navigation channel under Woodland Avenue is progressing. The contractor has the coffer dam installed and is dewatering to keep the excavation as dry as possible. Below are some pictures of the ongoing excavation. One shows a bulldozer moving material underneath the existing bridge. Within the next week or two the contractor is planning to begin setting the 3-sided box culvert which will begin to define the new navigation channel. The project is anticipated to be open to boat traffic ahead of the fishing opener in May.

Woodland Channel Construction

Construction has begun on the woodland channel project. This project will upgrade and re-align the navigation channel under Bird’s Bridge on Woodland Avenue. Traffic control is set up to maintain two-way traffic through the project with reduced lane widths. Please use caution when travelling through the construction zone. The project is anticipated to be open to boat traffic this spring and fully completed by mid-summer. Please contact tnemmers@fairmont.org with any questions.