Memorial Drive SE // Forest Drive SE
Construction Update | June 21, 2019
Forest Drive: Mt. Vernon Rd to Grande Ave
The contractor has finished the asphalt overlay between Mt. Vernon Road and 5th Avenue - this segment is now open to traffic Only a few miscellaneous items remain in this area before work is completed.

Over the next few weeks (and pending weather), the contractor will begin paving the area between 5th Avenue and Meadowbrook Drive.
Memorial: Bever Avenue to Mt. Vernon Road
Underground work is complete and pavement removal will begin on Monday, June 24, between Meadowbrook Drive and Mt Vernon Road. Please park on nearby side streets during the pavement removal and replacement process. 

Sod placement will begin soon between Bever and Meadowbrook, pending the temperatures and availability of sod from supplies. If the temperatures get too hot for sod growth, we will place temporary erosion control until the weather cools this fall and we can place sod.

Memorial: Mt. Vernon to McCarthy Road
Street resurfacing work on Memorial Drive should be finished by end of day or early next week. Sod placement will continue pending the temperatures and availability of sod from supplies. Pending weather conditions, sod in this area may be placed this fall.
Mt. Vernon Road
Traffic patterns will shift slightly on Mt Vernon Road between Memorial Drive and 26th Street. Motorists will use the south side while crews work on the north side. One lane will remain open in both directions. This work is anticipated to be completed by mid-next week, if the weather cooperates.  

Unrelated to this work, but in the weeks ahead lane reductions will be in place in the area between 25th Street and 21st Street. Alliant Energy is undergrounding their utility lines.
FOREST DR PROJECT TEAM

CONTRACTOR
BWC Excavating, LLC
563-321-8669

CITY CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Dillon Feldmann
319-286-5703

Ben Matt
319-521-5711
MEMORIAL PROJECT TEAM

CONTRACTOR
Bever to Mt. Vernon
Rathje Construction
Chuck Albert
319-936-1853

CONTRACTOR
Mt. Vernon to McCarthy
Dave Schmitt Constr.
Ben Hosch
319-365-8669

CITY CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Eric Bahl
319-286-5531

Thad Harper
319-440-9693
City of Cedar Rapids Public Works Department 500 15th Avenue SW | 319.286.5802