Trucks, noise and concrete – oh my!

It seems like we’ve all been living with the noise and inconvenience of the concrete work for a while now, but as I walk from the furthest distance on campus to my office I remind myself that a few weeks of displacement is completely bearable compared to falling forever into a cavernous pot hole! Nonetheless, we are well overdue for a concrete-work update.

The rain delayed the completion of the work on the south end near the west door. Concrete was poured Friday, Oct. 14, under the carports and on Saturday the parking the stalls were poured near the Smoke Shack. Tuesday, Oct. 18, the concrete was poured for the center section to complete this area. It will take a week for the concrete to cure.

Following the work on the south end, the team plans to move to the north end of this section, past the Lyle House entrance to remove old concrete and replace it with new. This work should take about two weeks, presuming the weather will cooperate.

The final section of concrete work to be completed will be to remove some cracking asphalt near the physician's practice and replace it with concrete. The road in front of the carports will be open at this time, so we will have access to the parking lot areas. This should take another two weeks, weather permitting.

The concrete project began on Aug. 29 and it was planned to take 12 weeks to complete. The work is on schedule to be completed by Nov. 18, with the cooperation of the weather and Mother Nature. The parking spaces in the front of the main building that are temporarily being used for resident parking should return to visitor parking by Oct. 25. Thanks for stopping by – see you next week!