The latest on the Mainstreet construction saga..... to be continued

During the week of May 19, the contractor will continue to perform potholing for underground utilities to verify where they may conflict with the storm drain pipe installation. This operation is almost complete. We have located some utilities we were not expecting and as a result have some new conflicts to overcome. Xcel will be on site to begin adjustments of the gas mains on Monday of next week. This will require removing concrete pavement in various locations, on both the Eastbound and Westbound sides of Mainstreet.

Along with the pavement removal, they will also adjust the gas lines to make room for the new storm drain installation. We will be replacing the concrete paving in these areas with asphalt material on a temporary basis until the storm drain installation is complete and new concrete pavement can be placed. During this phase of the construction, there will be "moving areas" of no parking restrictions as they move from location to location along Mainstreet. "" No parking" signs will be placed at these locations to forewarn the traveling public. Today, Quest began relocating two telephone pedestals so the sidewalk can be widened.

These pedestals are east of the Ruth Chapel, and just east of Baskin Robbins. This will continue into next week also.Concrete Express will continue removing existing concrete and asphalt in the area of the Pikes Peak Parking lot, north of Mainstreet this week. It was necessary to remove more asphalt than was expected, as areas of gravel had old layers of asphalt under it that needed to be removed. Subgrade preparation of the extension of Pikes Peak to the north, and curb and gutter placement for the drive into the existing parking lots will begin.

The overflow parking that occurs to the east of the existing parking lot east of the Twenty Mile building is now closed off entirely to allow this construction to occur. This will be the case for quite some time. Temporary plastic fencing has been put up on each side of this area to block it off.The United States Postal Service removed the mail drop boxes that were just east of the Mountain Man entrance today. They decided that they are not going to reset them at a temporary location, but will set them back in the same general area when construction has been completed.

They assured us that the mail boxes at the Twenty Mile building entrance and the one on Pikes Peak south of Mainstreet will be able to handle the amount of dropped mail that is generated during the construction period. Thank you all for your patience and "see you next week."