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Public Works director reports progress on Oshkosh Street utilities, sidewalk program and asphalt patching
Summary
Director Garski updated the Board of Public Works on water, sewer and street projects including near-term completion of an Oshkosh Street water main and a plan to begin road construction work on May 12 pending preconstruction tasks.
Director Garski delivered the monthly director's report with updates on street, utility and sidewalk work across the city.
Garski said the Oshkosh Street water main work should finish by the middle of next week and that two crews will remain on site, with one switching to storm-related work after mainline operations are done. He said contractors plan to continue sanitary work to the south while keeping flows to the north and to start pipe-bursting of sanitary laterals later this week; a larger road-construction phase is targeted to begin on May 12, pending preconstruction steps.
Garski reported that a separate 17-sheet plan set from We Gas covers a larger service area bounded roughly by Oshkosh Street to the west and Division Street to the east and described the majority of that work as boring with limited open pits for Main-to-Main connections.
On sidewalks, Garski said the Safe Step program completed evaluations of marked sidewalk sections and that staff has been meeting with residents to answer questions; the city will compile a remove-and-replace list for bidding "in the next couple weeks." He said North Street will be prepared for bid soon under a 50/50 LRIP grant awarded in December 2023.
Garski described this year's asphalt program as focused on targeted patching of critical areas rather than full block replacements, to maximize limited funds. He said he will prepare a prioritized list of patch locations.
He called attention to a raised hump of asphalt on Montgomery Street near a gas main and said he will ask We Gas to inspect the main depth; if the main is shallow, We Gas may be asked to perform repairs before the patch work.
Garski said he will host a semiannual meeting with area superintendents to review last year’s WISSTOP program, contractor performance issues, compost and yard waste site practices, staffing and employee retention.
Board members raised specific local repair requests for Cook Street, Algoma Street, Orchard Court, South Ridge and East Cook; Garski said he has a list and will prioritize the worst locations for the patch program. The board set its next meeting for June 2 at 5:15 and confirmed a plant tour will follow that meeting.
