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Council hears update on First and St. Helens intersection; June 30 target set for major project completion
Summary
City staff said shutting the First and St. Helens intersection is the largest remaining phase of a multi-year downtown construction project and set a June 30 worst-case completion date; staff warned utilities coordination and unforeseen conditions remain the biggest schedule risks.
Public works staff told the St. Helens City Council on Feb. 19 that the planned closure of the First and St. Helens intersection will be the largest remaining phase of the city’s multi-year downtown construction project and that the city is targeting a June 30 completion date as a worst-case scenario.
Mohammed Zeller, the public works director, said the intersection shutdown will allow contractors to finish paving, striping and other remaining work and that, once complete, the project will move into final, smaller tasks. Zeller and staff said they had…
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