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June 10, 2010 Edwardsville Intelligencer By Ann Niccum |
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The city of Edwardsville will begin work on new street and sidewalk projects.
The city council has agreed to start design work for three of its forthcoming street projects – Schwarz, Sherman and East Lake Drive Phase II – and work on a several sidewalk projects.
In April, the city finalized its newest road and sidewalk improvement project list. The council ranked them by highest priority. Now, the council has voted to move two of those street projects forward – Schwarz and Sherman – as well as one of its ongoing projects – East Lake Drive.
Last Tuesday, he council awarded the design engineer agreements for these street projects: Oates Associates for the Schwarz Street project in the amount of $65,000; CMT for the Sherman Street project in the amount of $66,340; and CMT for the East Lake Drive Phase II in the amount of $151,590.
The city plans to install curbs and sidewalks and complete milling and resurfacing of Schwarz from the alley east of Buchanan to Springer, reconstruct Sherman from Logan to Jefferson and finishing another section of its East Lake Project – Phase II – from Glik Park to St. Mary’s Drive.
The Phase I project, that started in 2009, reconstructed East Lake Drive from Gerber to the Glik Park entrance. The city made improvements to the roadway, such as: inlets, storm sewers, concrete gutters, sidewalks and hot-mix asphalt pavement.
Now the city hopes to continue that project from Glik Park to St. Mary’s Drive and then at a later date complete East Lake Drive Phase 3 from St. Mary’s to Park Drive to Route 143.
Public Services Chair and Alderman Rich Walker said the East Lake Drive project is part of the city’s five-year plan.
“It was set in motion a few years ago and it will be paid from the Street and Bridge Fund,” Walker said.
Walker said Schwarz is to be paid from MFT funds, while Sherman is intended to be funded with CIP funds.
Alderman John Twombly said he was pleased that the Sherman project had been set in motion.
“I have had more input on this than with any other residential concern,” Twombly said.
He said the roadway is in poor shape and when it rains the water stands for days.
Public Works Director Tim Harr said these street projects will begin once the design process is complete and that is dependent upon on the complexity of each project. Harr said Schwarz may begin this fiscal year, while East Lake Drive Phase II and Sherman may not begin until 2011.
In addition, the city got several sidewalk projects moving forward last Tuesday.
The council voted to approve its 2010 CIP sidewalk project engineering agreement with Juneau Associates in the amount of $25,227 and its 2010 MFT sidewalk engineering agreement with Oates and Associates in the amount of $14,600.
Juneau will complete the sidewalks along Old Troy Road and Schiller Avenue. Oates will do the sidewalk segments at: the 300 block of West Linden; the 200 block of North Buchanan (west side); the 100 block of Park Street; the 100 and 200 block of South Brown (west side); the 600 block of Chapman (north side); the 800 and 900 block of Grand (south sides); the 300 block of Clay (west side); M Street (south side); the 400 block of West Union; and Park Street between Johnson and Herbert.
Walker said the sidewalk projects are part of the city’s ongoing sidewalk list, also ranked as the streets were earlier this year.
He said the city is having to hire others to do some work that could typically done in-house as several student tech members have left for careers and the city currently has a no-hire policy.
Harr said these sidewalk projects are expected to be completed by the end of this calendar year.
Edwardsville Intelligencer ©June 2010
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