This is a developing story---It appears that although the guys from Intercon have been marking utility locations for months, nobody thought of putting the proper electrical in for the lights on East Main? Is this so?
If the paving occurs quickly, to put in the electrical later would mean ripping up the paving. If it was to be put in, the time is now. This rush to pave brings back bad memories to the day when concrete for the Citgo was poured despite residents warning that the building was laid out improperly.
At the 4th Ward meeting at Franklin Park some time back, residents of East Main were promised 6 historic lights to be placed between Union and Main and Cemetary and Main. Instead it may be a case of the dark ages, or no lights at all? Say it aint so, Joe.
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This is the perfect time for the city to step up and take care of this. To show the residents of East Main St that they are serious about working with the residents of the East Main St neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteI have asked Tara Seaman and David Sauer to provide me with information on this issue, and then I will post it here. Until then, I would appreciate if everyone would suspend judgment about whether this alleged oversight actually has occurred.
ReplyDeleteBill Connors
Evansville City Administrator
We will wait, I do hope this is just rumor.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of the day on Friday, David Wartenweiler told me that it is his understanding that the state's subcontractor for wiring work was not paying attention and missed their best opportunity for installing the wiring on E. Main St., and now they are scrambling to dig themselves out of trouble. But Wart pointed out that the state and the prime contractor will make the subcontrator perform all the work they signed a contract to perform, and if that means the subcontractor is forced to use more expensive methods, like directional boring, that is the subcontractor's problem. So the bottom line is the lights should go on after all. But I will report more once I hear from Tara Seaman and David Sauer.
ReplyDeleteBill Connors
Evansville City Administrator
thank you
ReplyDeleteTara Seaman confirmed that the wiring subcontractor was a bit behind, but has caught up recently. There is an issue with trying to figure out how to fit all of the street lights in the terrace on the south side of the street. That is where the Foth & Van Dyke engineers (they are the city engineer and did the design work for WisDOT) showed them on the plans, but that is turning out to be difficult because of utilities like gas mains located in that terrace (we are having the same problem west of the new Exchange St. between that intersection and the railroad tracks). The lights might need to be relocated to the terrace on the north side of the street. But the lights will go in.
ReplyDeleteBill Connors
Evansville City Administrator