City of Brighton - Main Street construction info

Patty Thomas, the DPS Administrative Assistant from the City of Brighton, provided this to us recently:

On May 26, 2009, Fonson Construction will begin the City of Brighton’s Millpond Lane Bypass Sewer Project. The first step is to lower the groundwater on Main Street by drilling several small holes in the pavement along the new pipe line and installing small well points. The system will begin pumping and will be operating at full strength by May 27th.

It is anticipated that two-way traffic will be maintained on Main Street during this time; however, the parking spaces along the north side of Main Street from Hyne St. to First St. will be closed.

Beginning May 28th, Main Street traffic will become one way (eastbound traffic will be detoured) and the contractor will begin excavating the hole for the boring equipment, which will be located on the north side of Main Street, at Hyne Street. If the water table is drawn down to an acceptable level, boring equipment will be lowered into the hole and the bore operations will begin. First Street and Hyne Street will remain open at this time. This Phase is scheduled to take from 7 - 10 days.

As work progresses we will provide another update to notify you of when First Street will be closed. Also, as mentioned in the informational meetings, the City is beginning to prepare detour / directional signs for the project. Please contact me if you have a special sign request that you have. If you could have the request to me by Thursday, May 21st, that would give us ample time to make the signs. While we may not necessarily be able to accommodate every request in totality, we will do the best we can to ensure that people know how to gain access to your business. For further information, questions or concerns, please contact The City of Brighton Department of Public Services at thomasp@brightoncity.org or 810.225.8001.

Update for Tuesday:

As you can see, the contractor has started the dewatering part of the project, causing the parking spaces on the north side of Main Street as well as the spaces on First Street to be blocked off. This was needed to be done in order to accommodate all of the holes for the dewatering.

It is anticipated that all but one of the parking spaces on First Street will be opened up yet today; however, the Main Street spaces will still be closed off.