The good news for the week is that the Forestville Road bridge replacement contractor is on schedule and will probably finish ahead of schedule, according to a note in the monthly town manager’s update for town commissioners. The completion date in the contract is Dec. 1.
The report also says the bridge replacement on West Oak over Richland Creek will begin Oct. 14 while the Rogers Road replacement bridge work will begin in March 2016, although the town’s Operation Bridge Exchange website says it will start April 4, 2016.
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One town street project is about ready for construction – Caddell Street. The construction plans are ready, all easements have been acquired and bids for the construction will be opened Sept. 22. Caddell has been a one track dirt street running south from Spring Street and jogging east to meet Pearce Street.
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Two town street improvement projects are stalled while right-of-way is purchased. Negotiations are underway with the nine affected property owners for the Ligon Mill widening from South Main Street to just west of the entrance to Walmart. Town staff does not have authorization from the state to begin meeting with property owners along Stadium Drive until after the first of October, the start of the new federal fiscal year. Stadium Drive will be transformed to a complete street with sidewalks and trails, bus pullouts, lighting and a roundabout at the intersection with Wingate Street and North Avenue.
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Also work is progressing on the plan for sidewalks and a multi-use path along Wait Avenue from Allen Road to Hillside Nursing Center, and there is a revision which will allow pedestrians to get to Traditions Grande Avenue.
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The 500-foot extension of Grandmark Avenue is not stalled, but the town’s engineering department is waiting for an agreement with the City of Raleigh because it owns the nearby water and sewer lines. When built the street section will connect dead-end Capcom Avenue to Rogers Road and a signalized intersection with South Main Street.
