Pioneer Way Reconstruction Project
February 14, 2012
What Happened Today?
Puget Sound Energy (Potelco) returned this morning to continue taking down overhead wires and stripping power poles west of Dock Street (see photo below). By 11:45, they had completed work as far as the pole across the street from Mike’s Mini Mart, at which time the crew was called away to deal with an emergency power outage elsewhere in their system. With PSE’s lines mostly off the poles, it is now obvious to see that Frontier’s communication lines are still in place east of Dock. Our latest information from Frontier is that they expect to remove the last of their overhead system by Thursday of this week. Finally, Service Electric, the electrical subcontractor to Strider Construction, installed all but the final two remaining streetlights.
End of Day 2 – Power lines removed east of Dock (remaining line belongs to Frontier)
What Should Happen Tomorrow?
Assuming Potelco returns tomorrow as scheduled, the crews will remove wire and strip poles from the last three pole-to-pole sections between Mike’s Mini Mart and Midway Boulevard. Given the two pole locations between Ireland and Ilwaco Streets, it is likely that motorists will experience brief detours starting around 8:00 am tomorrow morning and lasting about 30-60 minutes each. Once past Ilwaco, the final two pole locations should be accessible without causing any traffic delays. Based on conversations with Potelco before they were called away today, the crews should begin pulling poles sometime tomorrow beginning at the City Beach Street end of the project.
And Beyond?
Depending largely on Frontier’s success in removing their wires between Dock and Midway by Thursday of this week, it is possible that Potelco can complete pole removal by the end of this week. Please note, however, that the poles on the north side of Pioneer between City Beach and Ely Streets actually belong to Frontier and we have not been advised as to when these poles will be removed. As noted yesterday, Strider’s concrete subcontractor will be here next week weather permitting 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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