Reconstruction of East 5th Street, from Market Street to the Saddleback Golf Course will begin April 11th, 2022. Eastern Iowa Excavating and Concrete, LLC of Cascade Iowa was awarded the contract for this project. The design engineer is Veenstra and Kimm Engineering, Inc. of Coralville Iowa. This $1.9 million dollar project is the largest street project to date for the City of Solon.
This project will be performed in 3 phases to accommodate all vehicle traffic, and a marked detour route will be in place. (see map) Project includes; Construct East 5th Street Reconstruction project including the full reconstruction of approximately 2,500 ft of an existing rural section HMA overlay street to a 31 ft wide 8" PCC street with curb and gutter and storm sewer. Improvements include all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to construct 8" PCC pavement (9,384 SY) on a 6" modified subbase (2,183 CY); subdrain (2,625 LF); intakes (24 Ea.); 12" – 42" storm sewer (2,847 LF); PCC driveways (830 SY); 6" PCC trail and sidewalk (1,951 SY); 8" water main (747 LF); traffic control; earthwork, excavation, backfill, sitework; erosion control, seeding and miscellaneous associated work including cleanup. The street will need to be constructed in three phases to maintain two-way vehicle traffic and access at all times.
On April 11, 2022, weather permitting, Phase 1 will begin. This area is from Saddleback Golf Course to Raymond Drive. A temporary road will be built first to allow rural vehicle traffic coming and going on 180th Street to Raymond Drive and then through town along the detour route.. Accessing Bergamot Lane will be done by Wood Lily Rd from East 5th Street. This phase will take several weeks to complete.
Each Friday we will update this post to include the following weeks schedule or updates.
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