Posted in Meetings, Transportation, tagged bike lane, bike lane improvements, Church, Church St, Church Street, City Hall, Clairemont, commerce, cyclists, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, workshop on March 19, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Join us tonight from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the City Commission meeting room of Decatur City Hall, 509 N. McDonough St., for a workshop about the Clairemont-Commerce-Church Street corridor pedestrian safety and bike lane improvements.
The project is based on Decatur’s 2008 Community Transportation Plan and is a project in the 2010 Strategic Plan to encourage healthy lifestyles and active living in Decatur. The purpose of the work is to improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists.
Posted in Transportation, tagged Church Street, Decatur GA, East Trinity, Reeves contracting, storm drainage improvements on March 1, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Depending on the weather, Reeves Contracting will start the last phase of the downtown storm drainage improvements at 7 p.m. tomorrow night (Sunday, March 2). Due to the volume of daytime traffic on Church Street, work during this period will be at night between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. The initial challenge will be to cross the intersection at East Trinity Place. At times, traffic on East Trinity will be reduced to one two-way lane with traffic control provided by police officers and flaggers. This will be adjusted as work progresses.
Once across East Trinity, Reeves will lay drainage pipe in Church Street up to the area just north of the entrance to the parking lot at 320 Church Street. During this period, the 300 block of Church Street will be open to local traffic only at night between 7 pm and 5 am. Access to businesses and parking will be maintained during the evenings. Church Street will be open as usual during the day. A flyer is attached describing the work and suggested detour routes.
This phase of the work should take about four weeks to complete. We appreciate everyone’s patience and good will during this project.
Posted in Transportation, tagged storm drainage improvements on February 25, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Weather permitting, Reeves Contracting will begin by installing a short section of water line on Church Street near East Maple Street at 7 pm this evening (Feb. 25). Water service in this area will be shut off at 2 am for a couple of hours during the work.
Construction of the storm drainage line at the intersection of Church Street and East Trinity has been interrupted due to a conflict with a high pressure gas line. Atlanta Gas Light is planning to raise the gas line to allow installation of the storm line to continue.
Posted in Transportation, tagged Church Street, detour, storm drainage improvements on February 3, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Weather permitting, Reeves Contracting plans to start installing the new storm sewer on Church Street north of East Maple early this week. The new storm sewer will extend from East Maple north on Church Street towards East Trinity Place.
Businesses on Church Street between East Trinity Place and East Maple Street should notify patrons that once work begins this week, traffic will be limited to one-way in the southbound direction, so they will have to approach this area from East Trinity Place.
Due to the location of the new storm line, on-street parking on Church Street will be prohibited in the area of construction. A schematic plan illustrating temporary traffic changes can be downloaded here.
The photo shows Reeves’ construction team installing the new storm line across East Howard Avenue earlier last week. This line intercepts an old granite rubble and terra cotta storm sewer that crosses the CSX railroad and heads cross country under several properties on the east side of Church Street.
Posted in Transportation, tagged Church Street, East Howard, North Candler Street, storm drainage improvement, stormwater on January 17, 2014 | 2 Comments »
Reeves is completing installation of the new storm sewer on Church Street south of East Maple and will start construction of the new system on East Howard Avenue. During this phase, East Howard Avenue will be closed to all traffic between North Candler Street (at the Dairy Queen) and Church Street.
Starting next week, on-street parking will be available on Church Street and traffic will again run in both directions, except for the area closest to the CSX railroad. Download a schematic plan illustrating temporary traffic changes here.
Following completion of the work on East Howard, Reeves will start installing the new storm sewer north from East Maple towards East Trinity Place.
Posted in Transportation, tagged Reeves contracting, storm drainage improvements on January 9, 2014 | 2 Comments »
Reeves Contracting broke a water service line on lower Church Street at 3:45 pm this afternoon (Thursday, Jan. 9). Repairs will begin in about 15 minutes and service should be restored by 5 pm. This will affect properties located in the 100 block of Church Street.
Posted in Transportation, tagged storm drainage improvements on December 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Reeves Contracting has completed repairs to the water line on East Maple Street and plans to start making new water service connections to each residence and business on East Maple today on Monday, December 23. During this work, water service to each property will be interrupted for about one hour. Reeves will notify each resident or business prior to the service interruption. Once the new service connections are made Reeves plans to finish the sidewalks on East Maple Street.
Reeves hopes to start installing the new storm sewer on Church Street south of East Maple on January 2. Businesses on Church Street south of East Maple should begin notifying customers that once work begins on the new Church Street storm line, traffic will be limited to one-way in the southbound direction.
Posted in Transportation, tagged storm drainage improvements on November 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »
E. Trinity Place will be closed between N. Candler Street and Church Street while a new storm drainage line is installed in front of Fire Station No. 1. The road closure starts on Saturday, November 23, and is expected to end on Wednesday, November 27. Look for detour signs around the area.
To receive construction updates via email, contact Hugh Saxon at hugh.saxon@decaturga.com.
Posted in Transportation on November 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
East Trinity Place will be reduced to one lane only today while DeKalb County Watershed Management replaces a sanitary sewer manhole. Traffic delays are expected.
Posted in Transportation, tagged storm drainage improvements on November 5, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Reeves Contracting will start laying storm drainage pipe across East Trinity Place tomorrow, installing new inlets on both sides of the street and working its way to the eastern end of the project at Decatur Fire Station No. 1.
Reeves will use lane closures and short detours in order to keep East Trinity Place open for two-way traffic, so expect traffic delays.
