Construction Updates

This week, Downtown Streetscape crews paved the final lift on Market St and Barbrick Ave. They also graded and poured the first 5ft of sidewalk on the west side of Union Street from Cabarrus to Hawthorne’s Pizza, installed irrigation lines south of Cabarrus, and started installing decorative fencing. Infrastructure crews are wrapping up the main […]

North of Cabarrus Avenue crews installed the new water main up to Killarney and are working on connecting to the existing water lines. Next week they’ll pressure test the water line before connecting the final two water services. Conduit installation continues on the west side of Union St N as well. Crews will begin pouring […]

This week, crews closed the Killarney Intersection to continue water line work to the existing connections at Killarney Avenue. This work is expected to wrap up at the end of next week. After that crews will install the final two water services for the project! Conduit installation continues working on the west side of Union […]

Following almost 2.5 inches of rain on Monday, Streetscape crews were back hard at work Tuesday. North of Cabarrus the fence was moved up to Killarney (Killarney/Union will remain open for now) and crews started demolition on the roadway in preparation for water line installation which began today. Conduit and soil cell crews were also […]

This week, Streetscape crews started installing storm drainage between Cabarrus Ave and the Library. Weather permitting, they will complete this work later today, completing all storm drainage for the Streetscape project! Next week, crews will move the construction fence up to Killarney to work on the last piece of the new water line installation. See […]

This week, Streetscape crews completed concrete pours and installed brick pavers at the Midblock Crosswalk. They also installed light pole foundations and future public art foundations. Infrastructure crews completed the 4″ water meter vault north of Cabarrus Avenue. With the vault installed, the water line work up to the Library is complete. Next, crews will […]

This week, Downtown Streetscape crews completed 95% of the Sidewalks between Cabarrus Ave and Corban Ave this includes pouring 100 LF of curb and installing sidewalks and brick pavers. Next week, they’ll work to finish up the remaining sidewalk items south of Cabarrus Ave. Infrastructure crews also completed all 2″ water services between Cabarrus Ave […]

This week on Union Street, infrastructure crews completed three 2″ water services in their current work zone between Cabarrus Avenue and the Library. Sidewalk crews poured 250 ft of sidewalk and 275 LF of landscape edge on the west side of Union Street South and started installing brick pavers. They also installed 500 LF of […]

This week, Downtown Streetscape crews completed the 16″ water main installation up to the Library. They also pressure-tested the new water line and started installing water services. Water service installation will continue the next few weeks. Curbs and the second layer of asphalt were poured at the Cabarrus Avenue intersection in preparation for the intersection […]