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tRailroad traffic takes priority, so there was going to have to be a significant period when the road was closed when they cut over to using the new tracks on the bridge. When this project was planned they had the choice between 6 months of full closure or something like 18 months of intermittent closures (night work, lane closures, etc). The 18 month option was significantly more expensive, too.
They made the right choice, IMO, to get it done faster and cheaper at the expense of inconveniencing some people. When you have a bandaid you need to take off, you rip it off all at once to get it over with rather than dragging out out.
Eh I still contend they could have done better and should have spent more (and I have a hard time believing it would have been that much more, I think they were just lacking creativity and being lazy) given the issues this has created but it's all water under the bridge now. At least assuming they don't screw up again and find more shockingly surpising utilities hiding in plain sight.
Bunch of vendors doing deliveries at the Sheetz today. Wooden barricades are still up and cars parked around the building. Training continues.
As for Morrisville Parkway, the giant mound of dirt at the Park West Village side is all but gone now and they've made a lot of progress grading the road down toward the newly laid asphalt.
There was a sign saying Open in 3 days at Sheetz this morning. So, could be a Thursday or Friday open depending on how on the ball they were changing the sign this morning as it was 7:10 when I saw it.
They made the right choice, IMO, to get it done faster and cheaper at the expense of inconveniencing some people. When you have a bandaid you need to take off, you rip it off all at once to get it over with rather than dragging out out.
Yep. Michigan DOT did the same thing on a larger scale 2 years ago when they completely shut down a heavily traveled section of I-96 near Detroit. They ripped up the entire highway and rebuilt I-96, just like what NCDOT is doing to I-40/I-440 and it only took a few months to do it. MDOT gave the residents a choice: Completely shut down I-96 and have I-96 rebuilt within a few months or keep it open during construction and take 2-3 years to complete. The residents chose the "shut down" option.
Has there been delays because of the higher-than-average rainy days this year? I'm not sure if weather delays are factored into the schedule, but I'm sure there is no way they could have planned for the amount of rain there has been here this year.
Has there been delays because of the higher-than-average rainy days this year? I'm not sure if weather delays are factored into the schedule, but I'm sure there is no way they could have planned for the amount of rain there has been here this year.
Actually I think they were ahead of schedule until they ran into the pipe issues.
As far as I can see all the delays are due to poor oversight and management.
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