Lair Road Bridge

The existing home was removed in mid-September along with several trees. The boat navigation channel was closed on September 24th and will remain closed until May 2013. The contractor began driving past last friday. Here is a picture of the second pile being driven on September 28th.



The pile driving continued this morning. When the contractor is done, there will be 52 pipe piles each driven to a depth of approximately 100' which will suuport the new bridge and retaining wall. Below is a picture of the west abutment pile as they are being installed.

Winnebago Avenue Sports Complex

The bases were installed this week on the fields and bollards were installed at all trail entrances. Doors have been installed on the concession stand with the outside concrete apron being poured this week. The contractor was installing the ceiling in all the rooms and all of the plumbing is ready for new fixtures.

Water Treatment Plant

A lot of progress has been made since the last post. Several hundred more yards of concrete have been placed in the filters and recarbonation basins. All of the flooring in the garage was placed along with the diesel tank for the new generator. This week the precast walls of the north half of the building were erected. The high service pumps and much more process piping was installed and precast hollow core flooring was set for a portion of the operations level.

Lair Road Bridge

The bids were opened for the construction of the new bridge. Minnowa Construction from Harmony, MN was awarded the project with a cost of $2.3 million. Construction is scheduled to begin in September beginning with the demolition of the existing house.

Winnebago Avenue Sports Complex

The field fencing is being installed and the walls of the new concession stand are nearly complete. Interior work continues on the restroom portion of the building as well. Underground conduit has been installed for the new lights with cable to follow. All of the controls for the lighting will be located within the concession building.

Lair Road Bridge

The plans and specifications for the bridge are nearly complete. The City will begin advertising the project for construction next week with a bid opening at the end of August. At part of the road re-alignment, Lair Road was closed earlier this week so City's crews could work on the water service for the Channel Inn. Construction for the new bridge is expected to begin sometime in September. The City's construction page has a image of the new alignment of Lair Road and the location for the new bridge.

Water Treatment Plant

The vehicle garage walls and roof are complete and the generator is set inside the structure. Work has begun on the interior portions of the garage with some portions of the concrete floor scheduled to be poured today. Concrete work continues on the filters in the main portion of the plant. In addition, pipe work is ongoing and portions of the building are starting to look like a water plant.

Here is a picture of one of the filter walls prior to pouring concrete.

A picture of the filter gallery area with some pipe installed. This area will quickly fill up with much more pipe than is shown here.

Demolition has been occuring across the street on the back side of the old plant. Here is a picture of the existing shallow intake structure being prepared for a portion of the new structure to sit on top.

Albion Avenue should reopen next week after the contractor has installed all of the underground piping needed to connect the intake facility to the new plant.