Personal Paving

FIRST DRAFT

Here are details into how paving outside the main roadway is done…

• Drive aprons and sidewalks are always concrete.
• Aprons have a wider 45 degree angle from the sidewalk to the street.
• Driveways are as they were before (concrete, asphalt, gravel).
• Sidewalks are 4″ thick, concrete drives & aprons are 6″ thick, non-reinforced.

Timing/Status

• Concrete drives are done on the north side to Windy Hill and on the south side to Huntington.
• Only a few asphalt drives were completed in the last four months near city hall, the rest from city hall to Huntington only have a base coat and have been waiting for over 3 months with no completion being discussed.
• Concrete aprons are done and sidewalks are being prepared from Huntington to Liberty.

Mythical Notification

While we constantly hear they will notify us in advance, there has been little improvement.  There was no notification about the drive aprons east of Huntington this last Monday or the mailboxes west of Huntington this Wed.

Mythical Day

We often hear that it will only take one day before the drive is usable, this is only partially true.  It’s one day after the pour, but there are several other steps that will keep you out of the driveway, performed by different contractors.  Each of these is likely to have you out of your drive for a day.

• Framing & apron base the apron
• Framing & sidewalk base
• Pouring Apron
• Pouring Sidewalk
• Grading drive
• Building drive base
• Framing drive
• Weather delays before pouring
• Pouring Drive or rough asphalt course
• Final (and much delayed) asphalt course

In practice you can easily experience more than one week of no access to your drive.

General Status

• Hardly any asphalt drives with final course
• Sidewalks incomplete on Sunnywood and Liberty
• Bainbridge Rd rough course open the full length
• Temp road mostly removed

What’s Next?

• Manhole covers are being raised to final level and will present hazards
• Final course of asphalt will be applied for the entire length, expect long delays
• Unexpected stop signs at intersection pose hazard as some people ignore them
• Watch for random construction workers waving you or oncoming traffic against traffic lights.

Reminders

• Watch this blog and the Quick Takes sidebar for the latest info that the city and county are still failing to provide
• Driving BB Rd will be very unpredictable, open at times, completely blocked at times as they lay the final course from SOM to the county line