What a difference a day makes. The Green Hills Road contractor didn't waste any time getting equipment back to the job.
When I pulled up after 8 tonight, two KCP&L trucks were leaving the job. The poles are almost gone. The road contractor worked the ground to get it to air out. This is looking north from the pavement end near Route 152.
Even though it hasn't rained in a few days, since it's all clay soil, water is still sitting and I had to keep my eye open to make sure I didn't get stuck in some mud covered with a dry crust. This is looking south towards Route 152. That gray conduit on the right is for the traffic signal that will be installed to serve the new Menards™.
The string line stakes are in on the west side. However, this is just to put the stakes in. This is what a string line that hasn't been set looks like. If you ever explore a construction site, never ever mess with the string line stakes. It will do nothing but cause delay and slow down finishing a project.
The stringline is ready to go in part of the median. It has the 1" by 1" hub with elevations set on the stake.
The contractor worked the dirt to get Old Tiffany Springs Road east of Green Hills dried out also and the surveyor has set the stakes but hasn't set the elevations yet.
If these pop up thunderstorms hold off tomorrow, I hope to get out for some more pictures of progress tomorrow. When I was going through pictures for this job I came across one which shows the original rock road bed from when the road was first surfaced probably 60+ years ago. Most early roads were "Macadam" style and the larger rock below would have been one of the lower layers. You can read more about these first generation roads here.
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