Project Update for N. Central Street and W. Jackson Avenue

January 13, 2017 N. Central Street/Fifth Avenue Update – Since resuming work last week following the holiday break, KUB’s contractor Adams and Sons, Inc., has completed all pipeline installation, including service connections, tie-ins to existing mains, testing, and condemning inactive lines on the section of N. Central Street between Jackson Avenue and Fifth Avenue. Additionally, the contractor has completed installation of the 16” water main on Fifth Avenue, from Lamar Street to Gay Street. Service line connections and tie-ins to existing side street mains will continue on Fifth Avenue through the end of next week. Roadway restoration work will continue in this area as well. All existing traffic control will remain in place on East and West Fifth Avenue, and the section of N. Central Street between Magnolia and Fifth Avenue, while the remaining work is completed in this area.

Starting on Monday, January 16, Adams and Sons, Inc., will install the traffic control plan for the next stage of work extending along N. Central Street from the Fifth Avenue intersection to the N. Broadway intersection. Both northbound lanes and the bicycle lane will be closed on this section of N. Central Street. Traffic flow will be maintained in both directions, however, with one northbound and one southbound lane shifting to the southbound side of N. Central Street. Southbound bicycle traffic will merge with vehicle traffic through the work zone. Additionally, intersections of Fifth Avenue, Fourth Avenue, and Third Avenue will remain open until work is required in those areas. Follow up notices will be issued ahead of any work requiring an intersection closure.

Note that there are two current traffic maps – one for Fifth Avenue and one for N. Central Street - in the right hand column of this blog that include more detailed information.

January 13, 2017 W. Jackson Avenue Update – This week, KUB Underground Construction crews completed the overnight tie-in of the newly-installed water main to the existing main near 312 W. Jackson Avenue. Five inactive fire hydrants were also removed on this section of W. Jackson Avenue. Roadway restoration work will be completed on this section of W. Jackson Avenue through the end of this week.

Crews will not work next Monday, January 16, in observance of Martin Luther King Day. Next week, crews will begin preparations for the final stage of natural gas system work at the western-most end of W. Jackson Avenue. A portion of this work with require a two-day lane closure of the curbside northbound lane of Broadway at the W. Jackson Avenue intersection. This lane closure will be in effect from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, and Thursday, January 19. The inside northbound lane and both southbound lanes will remain open during this period. All lanes on Broadway will reopen to traffic outside of listed work hours. Additionally, the existing work zone and closure on W. Jackson Avenue near the Southeastern Glass Building will remain in effect through completion of this project. Following successful completion of the natural gas system work, roadway restoration work will be performed as the overall project nears completion. Please see the current W. Jackson Avenue traffic map in the right hand column of this blog for more detailed information.