Engineer: Permazyme application delayed for Road O; borings complete for railroad crossing, HMA overlay planned for July

Kirkham Michael consultant C.W. Harper told Seward County commissioners that county road crews will continue work on Road P before switching to Road O and that the chemical stabilizer (Permazyme) application for Road O was rescheduled.

Harper said the contractor expects to apply Permazyme at roughly one mile per day under the equipment available, but the first day may be slower because it is their initial application on this route. "We should be able to do about a mile a day," Harper said, adding that the short week and staff vacations influenced the sequencing.

Harper reported that the borings for a planned railroad crossing are complete; the engineering firm has not yet provided the geotechnical report that will determine piling depths and final plan details. "Once we get the report ... it's just a matter of putting on there how deep the piling and stuff like that needs to be," Harper said.

On heavier work, Harper said contractors are stockpiling material for a hot-mix asphalt overlay on Roads J and R and that start dates were tentatively planned for July. He explained that July 7 is the date after which working days on the contract will be counted, meaning the contractor does not necessarily have to begin earlier but will start accumulating contract working days from that date.

Commissioners asked about boring depths and printing resources; Harper said the final report will provide depth information and that the city has its own printing capability for plan documents. No formal action was taken; the presentation was an informational engineering update.