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Route 100 Project - November 21, 2019

Posted on: November 21, 2019 - 1:41pm

FALMOUTH - ROUTE 100 PROJECT

Construction Update #34 – November 21, 2019  - Two-week outlook

The following information reflects the latest available information regarding the Route 100 Project in Falmouth. Please note that forward-looking information is based upon projections and is subject to change due to weather and other variables.

Note: There will not be a weekly construction update next week.

 

WORK HOURS:

Work in the Route 100 Project zone for the remainder of this week and next week will consist of normal construction working hours:

Note:    No work will be occurring next Thursday and Friday during the Thanksgiving Holiday break.

 

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

  • Multiple crews are working on multiple facets of the project.
  • This week and next week’s primary focus will be construction on Falmouth Road.
  • The next few weeks will be busy, as crews work to complete as much work as possible before winter.

 

WORK YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, AND THE WEEK AFTER

This Week:

  • Shaw Brothers are box-cutting the roadway on Falmouth Road. This involves pavement removal, gravel removal, lowering of the roadway at the Gray/Falmouth intersection, new gravel installation, and fine-grading of new gravel on Falmouth Road in preparation of roadway paving next week.
  • Moulison Electric are finishing the installation of light pole bases and conduit for pedestrian/sidewalk lighting; Moulison is also working on traffic signal mast arm installations at the Leighton Rd./Gray Rd. intersection.
  • Shaw Brothers are grading driveways for pavement.
  • Subcontractors are paving driveways.
  • Subcontractors are installing and adjusting new catch basin frames and covers along Gray Road, so that drainage is collected along the roadway edges.
  • Summit Natural Gas is installing new gas utility infrastructure on Leighton Road.

 

Next Week:

  • Paving of Falmouth Road between Gray Road and Winn Road.
  • Installation of new granite curb will commence on Gray Road.
  • Continued work on driveway aprons.
  • Continued installation of mast arms; and related conduit and structures for new traffic signals.
  • Summit Natural Gas’ sub-contractor will continue installing new service lines in various locations on Gray Road and Leighton Road, for customer connections to natural gas.

 

Week of December 2nd: 

  • Cleanup and Shaping of areas behind new curb:
    • Sidewalk construction
    • Esplanade construction
    • Side slope work behind sidewalks and along new driveway aprons
  • Continued work related to traffic signals and sidewalk lighting.
  • Continued work on driveway aprons.
  • Continued installation of new granite curb.
  • Continued Natural Gas work. 

 

Photos:

Falmouth Road

This is what you call a ‘box-cut’ in the construction industry. Work involves removing the existing pavement and gravel in a roadway; then replacing it all with new gravel and pavement (at new elevations). A Shaw Brothers crew member is verifying elevations with survey equipment to provide the excavator operator the info on how deep to excavate. One of the many goals of this project is to correct the pavement transition areas here at the Falmouth/Gray/Mountain Road intersection.

 

driveway apron

Systematically working down Gray Road from north to south, Shaw Brothers are preparing new driveway aprons with gravel, so that……...

 

driveway apron

…..right behind them, another crew can pave them in.