Construction Updates

This week, Streetscape crews made progress on the new 16″ water main installation, north of Cabarrus Ave towards the Library. At the Cabarrus Ave intersection, the first layer of asphalt has been poured and grading/formwork for the curbs is installed. On the east side of Union Street between the mid-block and Cabarrus crews installed brick […]

Come downtown and check out the progress while enjoying a beverage in our new Downtown Concord Social District! 🍻 This week, south of Cabarrus Avenue, sidewalk crews were hard at work installing more sidewalks, retaining walls, and seat walls on the east side of Union St. They also installed light bases and started grading for […]

This week, Streetscape crews installed conduit at Cabarrus Avenue and started rough grading the intersection. Meanwhile, infrastructure crews removed the roadway north of Cabarrus towards the Library and began the new sewer main installation. During the roadway removal, old trolley tracks were discovered just 2 ft. below the asphalt on Union Street! While most of […]

Downtown Streetscape crews continue to make progress in the Cabarrus Avenue intersection. Currently, they are installing stormwater across the intersection working north. We anticipate crews to complete this work by early next week then they will switch to sewer work at the intersection and work north towards the library. At this point, some fence movement […]

Downtown streetscape crews continue working hard on infrastructure work in the Cabarrus Avenue intersection. Water and sewer work is compelete in the intersection and crews have moved on to stormwater pipe installation. Sidewalk work continues south of Cabarrus Avenue with paver installation at the Courthouse Plaza connection and the first 8 Ft of sidewalk on […]

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 […]