Thursday, February 9, 2012

Construction Update No. 33
Pioneer Way Reconstruction Project

February 9, 2012

Busy Two Weeks Ahead Starting Next Week – Parking, Access to be Affected

Anyone observing activities on Pioneer Way this past two weeks could hardly have failed to notice large numbers of Frontier Communication and Comcast (SEFNCO) trucks and vans up and down the street. As noted in the last Construction Update, the City asked both companies to do everything they could to remove all their overhead wires by next Monday, February 13, 2012 when Puget Sound Energy (Potelco) crews will arrive in town to begin removing the overhead power lines. While we are not certain as of today that Frontier and Comcast will be able to complete their work by Monday, they should at least be very close. PSE’s efforts should take approximately two weeks to complete and Strider and their concrete subcontractor will be here to repair the sidewalks once the poles have been removed.

**PLEASE NOTE: In the event that either Frontier or Comcast wires are still on PSE’s poles when they are ready to be pulled, PSE is prepared to cut the top off of each pole and then return to remove them once Frontier and/or Comcast have taken down their wires. This is a worst-case scenario which we will be doing everything we can to avoid.**

All in all, it promises to be a very active next two weeks on Pioneer. Unfortunately, we are certain that PSE’s work to remove the wires and poles will cause some parking disruption and traffic delays on Pioneer Way. While the pole removal work concentrates on one pole at a time with traffic controls in place, bringing down the wires is more problematic. We have been told that Potelco typically uses three trucks when removing each pole-to-pole section of wire – one on each end to cut the wires and one in the middle to gather up the wire as it comes down – which means that parking and/or access will be restricted during this process.

The first “No Parking” restriction will be signposted tomorrow for Monday, February 13 between 7:00 am and 3:00 pm between City Beach and Dock Streets. We have asked PSE to minimize disruption as much as possible by removing travel and parking restrictions as soon as they complete each pole-to-pole section. Potelco reports that the wire removal portion of the project should be complete in about two to three days.

In addition to the work bringing down the wires and poles, Strider Construction will also be very active completing the final pieces of the project. Their work will include final landscaping and irrigation, erecting the remaining streetlights, grouting manholes, concrete patching where poles were removed and general clean-up and punchlist items throughout the site. Some of these activities will result in short-term detours.

As you probably have gathered by now, the next two to three weeks amount to a final push to complete the Pioneer Way project and we offer our sincere regrets for any and all inconvenience to business owners, customers and other users of the street. We will issue daily updates starting Monday with information on how parking and access will be affected the following day. As always, City project staff are at your disposal at the numbers listed below if you have questions or need assistance.

Key City Contact People

Larry Cort
Project Manager
360-914-7107
lcort@oakharbor.org


Joe Stowell
Project Engineer
360-279-4520
jstowell@oakharbor.org


Rhonda Severns
City Utilities
360-914-7256
rhseverns@oakharbor.org

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