In Progress: Discussions continue on solution of East Main Lighting

At the Public Works meeting on Monday night Dave Wartenmueller and Jeff Sauer, reviewed how the lighting problem arose. The originial plans did not include the historic lighting. These were lights that were planned for upper Main that were moved down--6 of them.

The space available on the South side of Main, at least to 255 is not enough to place the lights. After that, it still is pretty tight, and subcontractors get very nervous about getting close to the fiber optic cable since the rule is if you hit it, you pay for it. Also, the gas line is close.

Alternatives were discussed such as putting the lights on the South side. And also alternating by boring across the street directly to where the light would be on the North side. That would minimize the risk of hitting a fiber optic cable.

The overall objective is to get a scheme of lighting that will be consistent all the way out East Main. In any event, the historic lighting will be installed over several years. The first would be the six lights.

The general consensus was that alternating lights on both sides would be preferable to just all on the North side. The cost here is a add on and this is really not a case of specific performance of someone not doing something properly. This was not in the original plan. So there was a discussion of the cost, but it appears that the project is at or under cost projections so this is still something that is feasible. The engineers are still pondering the solution. I will keep you posted as to the final plan.