As road work continues in Dexter, residents asked to stay off new pavement
As the Village of Dexter's $250,000 Main Street road construction project reaches the paving stage, officials are asking residents not to walk on the new pavement just after it's been applied because a sticky substance will stick to shoes.
The project from Baker Road to Jeffords, began in mid-April and was expected to last a maximum of six weeks with about four weeks of road closures.
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Although the project is moving along, it's caused headaches for downtown businesses because visitors have been unable to park in front of their stores. Village staff members have alerted residents and visitors downtown to detours and alternate parking areas. It’s expected that the project will be completed by low bidder, Pro-Line Asphalt Paving of Washington Township, by Memorial Day.
Paving is expected to begin early next week, and village officials warned that the contractor will spray a layer of tack coat on the pavement, which, if walked on, will be tracked onto sidewalks and brick pavers.
Tack coat is used to bond layers of pavement together. Officials ask that residents avoid tracking the coating onto the existing concrete or pavers.
Here's a poster from the village. TrackTack.pdf explaining the situation.
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Comments
CobraII
Mon, May 14, 2012 : 6:35 a.m.
I have a problem walking on the new stamped concrete crosswalks. I broke my ankle 2.5 yrs ago, it is fused together & I lost 50% of the motion in my ankle. The new crosswalks are uneven & I won't be walking on them.
zip the cat
Sat, May 12, 2012 : 6:48 p.m.
What I and a gazillion other Dexter area residents want to know is WHY wasent the 100 plus year old sewer and water mains replaced when you had all the pavement removed. Sounds like the persons in charge of this project forgot how to do the job the proper way. You'll just be ripping up all your so called pet project in the near future to do what you failed to do the first time.
John Minock
Sat, May 12, 2012 : 12:29 p.m.
This was supposed to be done by May 12. The weather has not been bad. What is the justification for the delay? This is starting to feel like the bridge project.
JGS
Sat, May 12, 2012 : 1:32 p.m.
Justification: Paid by the hour, not by the job. Of course it's pure speculation on my part, but I agree with you John, these projects run longer than the prescribed time 95% of the time.