MADISON —
Village officials held a meeting Tuesday morning with the general contractor and engineers involved with the Safford Street project to discuss several problems found within the project.
“We’ve identified a number of problems,” Mayor Robert F. Lee said. “The contractor and engineers are putting together a detailed list of solutions to the problems.”
Lee stopped the project briefly in early August because of problems with the height distances between the road surface and curbs. He said plans called for a 1-inch (plus or minus a half inch) reveal between the top of the driveway apron curbing and the top of the final layer of asphalt. After concerns from residents, Lee took his own measurements and found distances on some aprons were greater than 6 inches. To correct the problem, additional asphalt was added to correct the elevation issues.
Once paving was completed, residents began seeing drainage issues, with water flowing past catch basins, large pooling areas and minor flooding, along with other issues.
Lee said because tree lawns are not yet seeded, residents are seeing an even greater amount of runoff when it rains but admits there are definite drainage problems.
“People remember the way the street was,” Lee said. “We didn’t have the standing water problems because the water was able to find its way to lower levels through cracks and holes in the road, and now with a relatively impervious surface, the water runs straight down the street,” he said.
Lee said the meeting Tuesday, which included engineers from CT Consultants, GPD Group, URS and the general contractor, CIR, was not held to place blame but, instead, to identify problems and discuss corrective actions and costs associated with the solutions.
While some of the problems may not be fixed this year, Lee said the drainage issues must be corrected to prevent possible safety issues prior to the upcoming freezing temperatures.
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