Nov. 1—The metropolis’s paving contractor has fulld virtually half of the $1.2 million in fiscal 2023 paving tasks Simply one month into Decatur’s fiscal yr, and metropolis officers hope So as to add anfullly different $1.8 million in tasks in A pair of months.
City Engineer Carl Prewitt said Rogers Group paved Nation Membership Road, Nottingham Drive Southwest, Circle Drive Southeast, Stevens Courtroom, Betty Road Southwest, Corrine Avenue Southwest, Eighth Avenue Southwest and Danville Road Southwest, from San Souci Cave Road To close the metropolis limits.
However, whether or not the contractor fulls The primary $1.2 million in paving tasks Relies upon upon Decatur Utilities ending sewer primary alternatives in some streets, Prewitt said.
DU is Inside the second yr of a $165 million, 10-yr plan So as To deal with the metropolis’s factors with sewer overflows.
“DU nonetheless has A lot Of labor to do (earlier than) We will transfer forward with paving the roads That are On this yr’s plan,” Prewitt said.
Prewitt said the utility is Shut to ending its sewer primary work at Brookmeade Road Southeast. Rogers Group will then pave Brookmeade from Nation Membership to Meadowbrook roads.
He said Rogers is now ready on DU so It might start paving at Stratford Road Southeast, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues in Southwest Decatur, Spraggins Road Southwest, Carolyn Road Southwest, Edgewood Drive Southwest, Ewell Road Southwest, Burch Road Southwest and Tenth Avenue Northeast.
The metropolis and Decatur Utilities recently accredited a memorandum of understanding By which the metropolis will handle all paving contracts on street cuts made for DU tasks, collectively with the sewer primary alternative tasks. DU will then reimburse the metropolis and pay an administrative payment on every enterprise.
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