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The crews are working to meet the May 22nd deadline for the bump outs and the new handicap ramps. Crews began work on Park Street May 13th and will be pouring the rest of Prospect and Woodworth May 14th as weather permits. In either case all the barrels and signage will be gone for the Festival weekend.
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May 2, 2008 - All the concrete has been poured on the north side of Superior Street. Crews are working on replacing the brick and will be moving to the south side of Superior on Tuesday may 6, 2008.
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Upadated April 25th - The Streetscape crew is moving along the crews have finished pouring the handicap ramps at Pine Avenue and move up to State Street to start on those ramps. The crew is a little ahead of schedule, they were scheduled to be on State Street next week.
The bump outs on the north side of Park Avenue are moving well, crews have poured the curb and will be pouring the ramp and sidewalk pieces next week. Crews started April 24th on Gratiot Avenue and have put in one of the new drainage pieces. The crew is working on the other side today. If all goes to plan they will move to the south side of Superior Street the week of May 5th. There will be some extra drainage work on the on Superior Street in front of the new Mock Wireless building, Pruple Pear and Scripture Palace. As the crews were digging we discovered that the storm sewer in that area was connected to the sanitary sewer. We are on schedule for Phase I completion on May 22nd. The Mill and Resurface work and the crosswalks will be done after the Highland Festival.
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Updated April 24, 2008 - The Bumpouts at Prospect Street are completed and the crews are moving down to start on Park Avenue. The crew will have this street closed like Prospect street, for the next week. Woodworth Avenue is almost done the crews should be done Friday and then will be moving down to Gratiot Avenue. Gratiot will have the same type of construction set up as Woodworth did. Crews should be starting the work on the ramps at State Street sometime next week. If the crews keep this pace they will be moving over to the south side of Superior the week of May 5th. This phase of the bump outs, handicap ramps and lights will be done May 22nd. The work then moves to the night mill and resurface of Superior Street. Then the final phase of crosswalk construction. COMPLETION DATE JUNE 27th.
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The lights on the north side of Superior Street are functioning again. The side street lights that are out will remain out until the new lights are installed. The new lights will be installed before Memorial Day, which means they will be ready for Highland Festival.
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STREETSCAPE CONSTRUCTION NEWS!
Streetscape construction is underway. The crews will be working on the north side of Superior Street and working on every other intersection, this will allow the traffic move through downtown without detours. MDOT has added some work to the project, which will update all the handicap ramps to the current standards at all the intersections in downtown.
The schedule as of today: work will start on Monday April 14th; the crew will begin by saw cutting on the north side at: Pine Avenue for the new handicap ramps, Woodworth Avenue for the new bump outs, and Prospect Street for the new bump outs. Once the saw cutting is completed the crew will go back through and pour the new ramps and curb at those intersections.
The crews will repeat this process at the other three intersections on the north side: Saw cutting at Park Avenue for the new bump outs, State Street for the new handicap ramps, and Gratiot Avenue for the new bump outs. After the sawing cutting is done they will do the pouring for the ramps and curb. Once I know the pouring schedule I will let everyone know.
After the crew completes the north side they will move to the south side of Superior Street and follow the same process. The first intersections they will work on are Pine, Woodworth, and Prospect; followed by the Park, State and Gratiot intersections. The crews are scheduled to be completed with this phase May 22nd the Thursday of Highland Festival weekend. The site is to be cleaned and all signed removed to get ready for the big weekend.
As I receive more information I will post it on the Alma DDA website homepage. So come back and check this site from time to time to get the construction progress. If you have any questions please call me at 463-8336 or email at aripley@ci.alma.mi.us. When project is complete downtown will have a fresh new look.
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Downtown Development Authority
Director Aeric Ripley
525 E Superior Street
Alma, Michigan 48801
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Phone Number:
(989) 463-8336
Fax Number:
(989) 463-5574
Contact By E-mail
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