Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Pole Removal Daily Update No. 1
Pioneer Way Reconstruction Project

February 13, 2012

What Happened Today?

Puget Sound Energy (Potelco) arrived on Pioneer Way this morning as scheduled. The crew spent the first two plus hours isolating the Pioneer Way power lines from the balance of the power grid. Once the overhead lines were no longer active, Potelco began lowering wires starting at City Beach Street and stripping poles of cross pieces, transformers, street lights and other hardware attached to each pole. By the end of their work day, the crews had completed wire removal to within one pole of Dock Street (see photo below). Potelco was able to work within the parking areas for this stretch of Pioneer Way, so, apart from very brief closures, the street remained open for traffic all day.


End of Day 1 – Wires removed and poles stripped from City Beach Street to Maurice’s

What Should Happen Tomorrow?

Picking up where they left off today, Potelco will start removing wires around 8:00 am at Dock Street and then move eastward on Pioneer Way toward Midway Boulevard. Because the parking spaces are on the north side of the street between Dock and Midway, Potelco will have to work within the driving lane in order to remove the wires. Traffic controls will be in place to route vehicles around Potelco’s trucks using the parking areas. The field supervisor indicates that he expects his crew to be able to wrap up work between Dock and Ireland Streets by around 11:00 am which means that this very busy two-block stretch can be re-opened for parking by late morning.

And Beyond?

Depending on tomorrow’s progress, Potelco may be ready to begin removing poles between City Beach and Dock Streets as early as Wednesday. As of today, Frontier Communication’s wires are still on the poles between Dock Street and Midway Boulevard although they expect to complete their work later this week. Assuming Frontier is successful in stripping the poles of their wires, Potelco can then begin removing poles east of Dock later this week. Our latest information indicates that Strider’s concrete subcontractor will be here early next week to patch the sidewalks.

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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