Construction Update Meeting #3 Synopsis

Just got out of our third construction update meeting and here is the summary of what has happened and what is to come.

Water Main

• After receiving approval to use the open-cut method at the Washington St./Main St. intersection from the New York Starte Department of Transportation, members of Economy Paving's water main crew cut the street yesterday (Wednesday August 9th) morning. They will begin with the final water main connections at that end of the street on Monday August 14th 2006.

• The water main work you can see on Main Street right now and tomorrow (Friday August 11th) concerns putting in the new infrastructure for storm water drains.

• Downtown property owners interested in taking advantage of the water main works and having their feeder pipes from the water main enlarged to 2 inch diameter should contact the Village by Friday August 18th. Extending the diameter of the feeder pipes allows building owners the kind of water volume and pressure requried for a fire-suppressing sprinkler system, which cannot be delivered by the standard 3/4" diameter pipe. Changing the pipes width is a cost that must be assumed by the interested property owener and more information can be obtained by contacting the Village or the MSP.

Sidewalks

The sidewalk crews began to pour concrete earlier this week and will continue pouring as the approach the downtown area. Economy Paving's sidewalk sperintendent, John Jenison, predicted that sidewalk crews would enter the Village's downtown area by late next week (August 16th-18th). They will begin to refurbish the sidewalks and utilities downtown and will tear up the lengths of old sidewalk. No businesses will be forced to close because of construction and the longest a business might be inaccessible is the hour to hour and a half that it requires for crews to pour new concrete and setup accessability ramps.

Thanks

• The MSP wants to thank everyone that came to out first "Morning on Main Street" meeting on Tuesday August 8th. We had some great conversations and were able to get information out to the business owners in attendance. Our next meeting is scheduled for August 15th at 8am on the porch of the Village Office.
  
  Economy Paving thanks all the Village residents for being so patient with the disruptions associated with construction and for all the Route 96 commuters for slowing down in the work zones and staying safe.