(TROY, MI) – The City of Troy’s Civic Center Drive
and Town Center Drive pavement rehabilitation project on the Civic Center
campus is scheduled to begin on Monday, September 8 and last for approximately
eight weeks. It is scheduled for
completion by Monday, November 3, 2008.
The
project involves pavement milling and asphalt overlay work on Civic Center Dr.
from Big Beaver to Town Center Dr. and on Town Center Dr. from Civic Center Dr.
on the north end near the Aquatic Center to Civic Center on the south end near
Big Beaver. The work also includes concrete driveway replacements and limited
repair of adjoining asphalt surfaces, sidewalk ramp replacements, and new
pavement markings.
The
first phase of the project will be driveway and sidewalk ramp
replacements. Since most parking lots have
more than one access drive, one drive will stay open while the other is being
replaced; the exception being the Tennis Club and the Troy Library
driveways. The Tennis Club driveway will
be replaced one half at a time while traffic is maintained on the other
half. The Library driveway will be
replaced all at once while the Library is closed September 18-20, weather
permitting. If it rains that weekend,
the Library will be open for service with the closure rescheduled for October
2-4.
“The
Library is the only building on the Civic Center campus that has only one
entrance to the parking lot. The construction work in front of the Library
would have taken two weeks and reduced the entrance to the Library parking lot
from two lanes to one lane,” said Cathy Russ, Library Director.
City
Engineer Steve Vandette added, “As the Library has
over 2,000 visitors a day, we felt that safety was an issue. We could not see trying to fit two lanes of
traffic into one lane for two weeks, given the volume of business the Library
does on a daily basis. The other option
was to close that portion off for three days and get the work done in time. We
thought that was the best and safest option.”
No
items will be due during the closure dates.
“Library patrons will receive extra time for all materials, so there is
no need to drop off materials during the closure dates,” added Russ.
The
road work phase of the project is scheduled to start approximately Monday, September
22. Traffic on Civic Center Dr. and Town
Center Dr. will be intermittently maintained under flag control during the
day. Minor traffic delays can be
expected. During the night at least one
lane in each direction will be maintained.
Town Center Dr. from Livernois to Civic Center Dr. is not part of this
project and all lanes will remain open to two way traffic. The asphalt paving and striping work is
expected to be complete by late October.
The entire project, including cleanup and lawn restoration is
anticipated to be complete by mid November, weather permitting.
For
more information on the Road Construction project, please call the City
Engineering Department at 248.524.3383.
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