September 2009


Greetings, everyone!

Salo Engineering, the City of Duluth, and Ulland Brothers are continuing their efforts to improve your neighborhood and business community.  We thank all residents and business owners for your support and patience during the construction season.

Progress
To date, Ulland has progressed quite well despite the rains in July and encountering ledge rock.  All the sanitary sewer mains have been installed.  The watermain is complete, with the exception of the crossing at Elizabeth Street.  Storm sewer work and curb & gutter up to Griggs Place are complete.

Remaining Schedule

Week of 9/21/09:    Ulland to continue on storm sewer work between Norton and Elizabeth Streets, place sidewalks from Clover Street to Griggs Place, shape class 5 for paving, and place water & sanitary services from Griggs Place to Norton Street.  During this week, Ulland will be working on the storm sewer between St. Marie and Norton Streets.  This will require Woodland Avenue to be closed between those streets for 2-3 days.  Traffic will be able to cross Woodland Avenue at Norton Street, with a half-day closure to bring storm sewer across the intersection.  There will be temporary bituminous, curb, and sidewalk placed in this area, which will be removed next spring and rebuilt with the new roadway.

Week of 9/28/09:    Finish all storm sewer and utility services, pave bituminous from Griggs Place to Clover Street, and subcut roadway from Griggs Place to Norton Street.

10/5/09 – 10/30/09      Complete curb & gutter, sidewalk, bituminous paving, and landscaping up to Norton Street.

11/1/09    Project under winter suspension and detour route is lifted.

5/1/10      Construction resumes and detour route is back in place.

Progress

During the last 2 weeks, Ulland has been working on the sanitary sewer main and watermain between Griggs Place and Norton Street.  The sanitary main is complete in this area, and the watermain is scheduled to be complete by September 11, 2009.  The intersection of Clover Street and Woodland Avenue has been opened, and the signal system is operational.

Schedule

Following is an update of the remaining schedule:

September 8-12:  Ulland will finish watermain work up to Norton Street and begin placing water and sewer services from Griggs Place to Norton Street.

September 14-19:  Storm sewer will be placed from Elizabeth Street to St. Marie Street.  Hovland Masonry will place curb & gutter and sidewalk from Clover Street to Griggs Place.  The high pressure watermain crossing at Elizabeth Street will be done.  We will notify affected parties 48 hours in advance of the watermain shutdown.

September 21-26:  Ulland will be rebuilding the roadway from Griggs Place to Norton Street.

September 28 - October 24:  Remaining curb & gutter and sidewalks will be placed, along with bituminous paving and landscaping.

The contractor has a completion date of November 1, 2009 for this segment of the project.