Politics & Government

Orange Barrels Will Return to Lake Drive

The third and final phase of the Lake Drive water main project will replace 99-year-old pipes from Bartlett Avenue to the Shorewood border.

Lake Drive will be under construction again this summer – this time from Bartlett Avenue to the Shorewood border.

The third and final phase of the Lake Drive water main project will replace two 99-year-old, six-inch water mains with one 12-inch water main. The village replaced aging water mains from Bartlett Street to Woodburn Street last year, and from Woodburn Street to Silver Spring Drive in 2010.

Northbound traffic will continue to be open throughout the project, Village Engineer Dan Naze said. Southbound traffic will mostly be unaffected, except for a one- or two-week period where traffic will be detoured down Bartlett Avenue to Chateau Place or Hampton Road before sending traffic back toward Lake Drive.

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"There's not too many choices for how we can divert traffic there," Naze said.

Trustee Jim Roemer said village residents should be encouraged to find a new north-south thoroughfare during that short time period.

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The Village Board on Monday night allocated $1,165,099 for the project, which includes Advance Construction's bid of $959,181; a 10 percent contingency; and a $110,000 contract with Yaggy Colby for engineering construction services. 

The village budgeted $2 million for this project last year and received bids from nine contractors. Naze said the unit prices for this project were 30 percent lower than last year's water main project on Lake Drive.


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