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Approving temporary construction work with associated noise impacts between the hours of 7:00 PM and 7:00 AM on West Gorham Street, North Broom Street, University Avenue, West Gilman Street and Campus Drive. (Various ADs)
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The pavement repairs associated with the projects on West Gorham Street, North Broom Street, University Avenue, West Gilman Street and Campus Drive, which consists of repairing, replacing or rubilizing and resurfacing the poor existing pavement, repairing and/or replacing curb and gutter as needed, and the replacement of utilities due to their poor existing condition.
Full concrete replacement including spot curb and gutter and utility replacement will occur on West Gorham Street from State Street to University Avenue and on University Avenue from West Gorham Street to Campus Drive. North Broom Street will be resurfaced with spot utility replacement from West Johnson Street to State Street. West Gilman Street will be reconstructed from University Avenue to North Henry Street. Campus Drive will be rubilized and resurfaced with new curb and gutter and University Avenue from Campus Drive to Hill Street will consist of concrete joint repair.
We propose to allow the Contractor to work between the hours of 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM on the items herein identified, for the duration of the project, expected to be from March through October 2009.
The work required for this project cannot be constructed between the hours of 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM because:
1. The amount of construction needed to complete the project exceeds the amount of production that a Contractor can reasonably be expected to achieve, even with the extra crews.
2. Sawcutting of concrete pavements after the pouring of the pavement must be done about 12 hours after the installation. The concrete must be hard enough to hold the machinery. The sawcutting must be done soon enough so that the sawcutting occurs before the pavement cracks.
3. Certain activities wil...
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