AUBURN – Storm-sewer work on Court Street is close to being finished, but crews still have plenty of detail work to wrap up.
Crews have finished installing the main pipe that connects to the storm sewer and now will concentrate on attaching that pipe to the smaller, storm catch basins along Court and Granite streets.
“There’s at least three more weeks worth of work there, and some of it will involve spot blasting,” City Engineer Steve Ranney said. “We have all the curb to reset as well, and some paving restorations on Granite and Court.”
The city had originally planned to have the work finish sometime this week, but Maine Department of Transportation delays on paving the road scuttled that plan. The state was scheduled to repave Court Street, but put those plans off for a year when bids for the project came in high.
“So now we have to do a little more to clean up the pavement and put the curb and sidewalk back into shape,” Ranney said.
The state is scheduled to repave the road next summer.
Ranney said paving crews are also scheduled to begin paving projects this week on Stanley and James streets, and Allain Park.
“That shouldn’t be too much of a problem,” Ranney said. “They’ll leave one open while they pave one side and then swing over and pave the other.”
Lewiston paving continues
Paving crews in Lewiston will be concentrating on Foch and Eustis streets and two sections of College Street this week. Public Works Director Dave Jones said crews will likely pave Walnut Street between Webster and Jefferson streets.
“That’s determined by how much prep work we’re able to get done on Walnut,” he said. “We are expecting that.”
The city completed work on five streets last week, the first phase of the city’s paving annual paving program. Those crews will spend part of this week preparing for the next phase, raising manhole covers and driveways. That will be on Spring Street, Webber Avenue between Lisbon Street and the dead end, and on Irwin, Barbie and Bosse streets. Crews will also be getting Lafayette and Canal streets ready for a top coating of asphalt.
City contractors have started digging up the road at the intersection of Plourde Parkway and River Road, and Jones said that could create some delays. The city is installing new water and sewer lines along that intersection.
“There’s not too much traffic out there, so the wait shouldn’t be more than a couple of minutes,” Jones said. “I was there the other day, and I only had to wait for about 30 seconds.”
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