Public meeting for 8th Street project scheduled for Feb. 27
The city is hosting a public involvement meeting to discuss the 8th Street project from 5 to 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at Fire Station No. 1, 601 W. 17th St.
The meeting will include a brief presentation at 5 p.m. The remainder of the meeting will be an open house, designed to seek public input on the proposed reconstruction and ways to address needs of businesses along the corridor.
For more information, contact Al Gerber, director of public works, at 608-329-2532 or agerber@cityofmonroe.org.
MONROE - Director of Public Works Al Gerber had some good news for Board of Public Works members regarding the upcoming reconstruction of 8th Street from 6th Avenue West to Wisconsin 69: The city has more money than it initially thought.
Board members on Monday agreed to recommend the common council hire Rock Road Companies of Janesville to complete road construction for $3.75 million. That total is down from the original project estimate of $4.5 million. Slated to begin in early April, the project will continue into the fall season.
The project includes replacing pavement for the first time within the commercial corridor since the 1980s, Gerber has said. Some turn lanes will be shifted; the curb from 8th Street on to 4th Avenue West will be elongated to accommodate semi-trucks, and the street itself will be fractionally widened. All of the old plumbing beneath the asphalt will be updated as part of the city initiative to replace aging infrastructure.
Motorists can expect some inconvenience as the busy corridor is worked on: At some points during the roadwork, only one lane of traffic will be open on each side.
The agreement holds two alternate options which the city could accept after workers have time to further review. These alternates, which call for manhole lining and interior rehabilitation, could have a cost savings of $44,663.
Board member Jeff Newcomer requested that the additional savings, which can only be used for the project per conditions of its borrowing, be reserved for beautification along the corridor. He suggested more plants and possible landscaping.
Board members on Monday agreed to recommend the common council hire Rock Road Companies of Janesville to complete road construction for $3.75 million. That total is down from the original project estimate of $4.5 million. Slated to begin in early April, the project will continue into the fall season.
The project includes replacing pavement for the first time within the commercial corridor since the 1980s, Gerber has said. Some turn lanes will be shifted; the curb from 8th Street on to 4th Avenue West will be elongated to accommodate semi-trucks, and the street itself will be fractionally widened. All of the old plumbing beneath the asphalt will be updated as part of the city initiative to replace aging infrastructure.
Motorists can expect some inconvenience as the busy corridor is worked on: At some points during the roadwork, only one lane of traffic will be open on each side.
The agreement holds two alternate options which the city could accept after workers have time to further review. These alternates, which call for manhole lining and interior rehabilitation, could have a cost savings of $44,663.
Board member Jeff Newcomer requested that the additional savings, which can only be used for the project per conditions of its borrowing, be reserved for beautification along the corridor. He suggested more plants and possible landscaping.