Saturday, September 28, 2013

South Lakeside Drive Update #13

Courtesy of the City of Williams Lake:

Sub-excavation of South Lakeside Drive is now completed. Work is to begin on installing an electrical conduit and a streetlight at Pioneer Drive.

Next week final preparation will be made for pavement, and paving is slated to start mid-week.

With rain forecast for the few several days, the City would like to urge residents to drive slowly and use caution while travelling on South Lakeside Drive.

Rain softens the gravel road base, causing it to deteriorate very quickly. While the road is saturated, though, any attempts to perform grading or repairs will be ineffective or cause further damage.

The public is reminded that the portion of South Lakeside Driveway between the Cariboo Adventist Academy and Hodgson Road is a construction area, and rough patches of road are to be expected. The contractor is regularly working on grading and repairing rough areas, but patience is requested because the high volume of traffic causes road condition to deteriorate quickly. Motorists are also reminded to obey the posted 30 km/h speed limit. Traffic flow will be single-lane alternating.

South Lakeside Drive will be repaved from Hodgson Road to the Cariboo Adventist Academy, the merge lane from Hodgson Road will be extended to Pioneer Drive, and a pedestrian/bike lane will be added from Hodgson Road to the Cariboo Adventist Academy. Work on the project is expected to continue through September.

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