BOLTON -- Work on nearly four miles of Route 9N is heading toward a June completion, state Department of Transportation spokesman Peter Van Keuren said.
The $2.9 million project, funded by the state, has already completed binder paving from Brailey Hill Road to Horicon Avenue, the end of the stretch of road being repaved. The final work on this section will be done next year, Van Keuren said in an e-mail.
"Top course has been completed from Up Yonda Farm north to the end of the project," he said.
Sidewalks and curbs are finished from Sagamore Road to the southern end of the project, and from Veterans Park to the fire station.
Work on drainage has also made progress, according to Van Keuren.
Twenty-one drainage structures and six culverts across Route 9N have been replaced, with four leaching basins installed to catch silt before it gets to Lake George. The drainage portion of the project is about 99 percent complete.
"Two large, existing galvanized culvert pipes that were failing in the area of County Route 11 were lined with plastic liners and grouted," Van Keuren said.
Crews have also replaced all state storm water drains from Mohican Road to an area just north of Veterans Park, and two driveway culverts and Bradley Point Road.
"Approximately 500 meters of new pipe were installed or replaced throughout the project," Van Keuren said.
The end of work for the season hinges on snow, Van Keuren said, but will likely be sometime in the end of December.
Before crews leave for the season, though, Van Keuren said they will finish work on the last drainage structure north of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute.
"Plans to start up next spring will depend on the type of winter experienced in Bolton," Van Keuren wrote. "We are hoping to start excavating for sidewalks and curb as early as the beginning of March."
When work begins again, Van Keuren said crews will concentrate on paving from Up Yonda Farm to the southern end of the project, along with sidewalk and curbing northbound from Sagamore Road to Veterans Park and southbound from the fire station to Sagamore Road.
Driveways to Route 9N and guide rails still have to be installed, as are new signs, signals and pedestrian lights and decorative crosswalks.
But just as crews did not begin work until after the summer’s tourism season this year, Van Keuren said they will not work into the 2010 season.
Posted in Local on Sunday, November 29, 2009 3:50 pm | Tags: Route 9n
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