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End is near for work along Bainbridge Road
End is near for work along Bainbridge Road
By SUE REID
Although landscape and corrective work remain on the Bainbridge Road reconstruction project in Solon, a walk-through is on track for this month. It is to include the contractor, along with city, state and county officials, according to Patrick Lynch, construction project supervisor with the Cuyahoga County Engineer's Office.
The walk-through will identify items that need to be corrected, he said, and is common practice on county projects. "We would walk the entire project and generate a list of all the things that either need addressed, corrected or completed," he said. "Everyone is present so that we can all agree on what is identified and whose responsibility it is."
Mr. Lynch said the walk-through should not encounter anything major at this point.
It will take place once the contractor, DiGioia Suburban, is done with all of its work, he said. "That work has to be done before the retainage on the project is released," and that depends on completion of any corrective work, he said.
Residents should be aware that outstanding landscape issues they have raised will be addressed, Mr. Lynch said. "There are some areas that need to be repaired or, simply, they didn't get a substantial amount of growth." It is the contractor's responsibility to address those, he said.
"This is the second season, and they fertilized again," he said of the plantings. "Anytime you have new seed, it takes another season for it to come in."
Some residents also have questioned their private right-of-way markings, or property pins, specifically is on the south side where the temporary road was, Mr. Lynch said. "It's part of our project to re-establish those property pins. That will be addressed."
In other updates on the Bainbridge Road project, sidewalk installation was completed last week on the south side of the road, from Liberty Road to the Geauga County line. "There's a few areas left open, because there was work left to be done," Mr. Lynch said. "We left 10 feet of sidewalk out here and there, but, ultimately, it's basically all in except for those isolated areas."
Landscapers were out last week finishing the permanent seeding where new walk was poured and where work left off last year. "They over-seeded everything, and we'll continue to touch up areas that haven't grown substantially," Mr. Lynch said.
"What I'm trying to relay to residents that think that we're done and gone already that there's still things that need and will be addressed."
The project is about 98 percent complete, and $11.5 million of the $12 million project cost has been spent.
The project, which began in the spring of 2010, should be complete by June, Mr. Lynch said.
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