A statement issued Tuesday morning by the Perry City Hall explained the delay in the 10th Street storm sewer construction project and announced an expected completion date of Nov. 11.
The storm sewer work was needed to accommodate the new $7 million, 36-unit Hamlin-Bell apartments on Willis Avenue. Oct. 24 was the expected completion date for installation of a new storm sewer along 10th Street from Otley Avenue to Evelyn Street.
The construction work had an initial schedule of about one week for installation and another week to replace pavement. The city said the project’s contractor, JRS Excavating from St. Charles, Iowa, has completed about 85 percent of the project, with about 50 feet of the storm sewer line left to lay.
construction was delayed at the intersection of 10th Street and Otley Avenue due to an unexpected sanitary sewer conflict, according to the city’s statement. The lines have now been inspected and will be replaced as part of the project, with the additional work expected to add about one week to the job’s timeline.
The city said the contractor will continue to work in the intersection from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, with replacement of the street pavement set for the week of Nov. 7-11.
While construction continues, 10th Street from Willis Avenue to Evelyn Street, including the intersection of 10th Street and Otley Avenue, will remain closed.
Construction began in March on the Hamlin-Bell senior apartment complex, and the first units are expected to be available to rent by March 2017.
For more information, call the Perry City Hall at 515-465-2481.
Don’t blame the current administration for these problems. Much of Perry’s crumbling infrastructure is almost a century old. Between issues that were shoved off and passed on from older generations and no small amount of corner cutting in the past, the chickens are coming home to roost.