9/11/2018

The pier out in the river was poured yesterday and the crew is working to remove the forms today.  Once that is complete they will continue with removal of the equipment and materials out in the river.

Please note that this Thursday, the contractor will begin to set beams on the new west abutment and pier.  This operation will again require large trucks coming and going that will be delivering these beams.  The plan is to have them stage down on Sun Valley Parkway, only bringing in one truck at a time as necessary.   We will try to minimize disruption to the businesses, but please be cautious and patient with this operation Thursday.  Hopefully most of the beams will be set by noon, but may take longer.

Next week the contractor will move into the east abutment and begin construction on that.  There will be one more day of pile driving, and as we get closer to that, I will let you all know.

As always, if there are any further questions, please let me know.

Nick

Hello Everyone,

Following the catastrophic rain event from last week, I hope this email finds everyone safe from the damage that mother nature sent our way.  The rain clearly had a significant impact to the surrounding area, and the new bridge was no exception.  Some of you I have talked to on site, and it was clear that nobody had seen the river that high before.  After the water receded, the part of the new structure that has been installed did not sustain any major damage fortunately from what we can see.  There will be some minor repair work though, and the materials used around the new west abutment and adjacent area, were washed out and damaged.   This will require the contractor to clean up the adjacent area and redo this part of the structure.  The materials out in the river for the pier did sustain minor damage, and the contractor worked last week to get them cleaned up and to continue the progression on the pier.

Overall, the project has had its hurdles.  Given the rain last week, and some issues with materials under the river at the pier location, the contractor has informed the department that the project is approximately 3 weeks behind schedule.  The contractor is doing what they can to try to make up as much of the time as they can, thus the Saturday operations now.  As of right now, we are anticipating that the structure will be complete with the roadway open by November 1^st 2018.  The structure may not be able to be stained this year, and may have to wait till spring, but that will be evaluated at the time based on weather.

As always, feel free to send along any comments or questions.

Best regards,

Nick

From Public Health:

After todays pick up (Sept 6th), residents will need to drop off samples at either of Public Health locations- 2300 S. Park St., The Atrium, Room 2022 Madison or 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, City-County Building, Room 516B, Madison.

The Town of Montrose will not have any well test kits available after 9:00 a.m. on September6, 2018.  If you need a well test kit you will need to contact one of the following:

Town of Middleton608-833-5887

Cross Plains State Bank

Village of Mazomanie 608-795-2920

Village Black Earth 608-795-4986

Town of Verona 608-845-7187