Construction Updates

This week, Downtown Streetscape Crews installed 157 Ft of sidewalk from 30 Union Street S to the new Novi Lofts. The 16″ water main installation was also completed and backfilled through the Cabarrus Avenue intersection as well as 30 Ft of 8″ sewer main. Festoon poles at the Courthouse Plaza connection were poured and sidewalk […]

Downtown Streetscape crews continued installing the new water line through the intersection of Union Street and Cabarrus Avenue. In addition to water line work, crews set a new sewer manhole and are installing new sewer mains in the intersection. They also installed landscape drainage pipe, excavated for soil cells, poured foundations for two of the […]

This week, Downtown Streetscape crews poured 237 LF of new sidewalks on the east side of Union Street. Sidewalk crews also worked on installing heavy-duty reinforcement and formwork for the Courthouse Plaza connection. Early next week, that area will be poured. Infrastructure crews made progress in the Cabarrus Ave intersection as well. They carefully excavated […]

This week, Downtown Streetscape crews completed the conduit installation between Corban Ave and Cabarrus Ave. They also installed a line-stop to isolate the water in the Cabarrus Ave intersection so crews can begin removing existing water lines and installing the new lines. Our City Electric Systems crews installed temporary lighting to keep the Cabarrus Ave […]

This week, Downtown Streetscape Crews continued valve insertions on Union St N near Killarney Ave to isolate the existing water lines before installing the new 16″ water line through Cabarrus Ave. Sidewalk Crews continued grading and installing formwork for upcoming sidewalk pours. This will continue through next week with concrete pours planned for the following […]

The Downtown Streetscape crew’s primary focus this past week was isolating the existing water line at Cabarrus Ave and Union St. This is necessary before they can begin installing the new waterline through the intersection working towards Killarney Ave. This week, they completed installing additional valves on Cabarrus Ave W and Cabarrus Ave E (see […]

This week, Streetscape Crews closed the intersection of Cabarrus Avenue and Union Street to continue new infrastructure work through the intersection. This work is anticipated to take two months while the intersection is closed. Please view our Parking Map for updated road closure information. Access to the Library and Parking Deck will remain open on […]

All the rain we’ve experienced the last few weeks has put our newly installed stormwater system to work! Crews have nearly completed utility work between the Midblock Crosswalk and Cabarrus Ave. They’ve continued to pour sidewalks and lay pavers between Barbrick Ave and the Midblock Crosswalk, and our Electric Systems crews are installing the meter […]

A lot of progress was made after three weeks of good weather! Despite the rain this week, streetscape crews managed to start installing 15″ storm drainage on the east side of Union between the Midblock and Cabarrus Ave. Sidewalk crews also started work north of the Courthouse Plaza, removing concrete pavers and grading sidewalks. Weather […]