The project has made rapid progress this month. Here’s a snapshot of work taking place.
Pedestrian Trail
The contractor has finished the east portion of the pedestrian underpass between 29th Street and 31st Street, and will transition to constructing the west half. Traffic has shifted off the temporary detour road and onto the permanent road. The temporary road will be removed.
Pavement, Pedestrian Improvements
Elsewhere on 1st Avenue, work at the intersection of 32nd Street is completed and the intersection is fully open to traffic. Work is also nearly complete between 32nd Street and 34th Street, including driveway and sidewalk reconstruction, and streetscape and parkway improvements in front of the Irish Democrat. Improvements in this area will be wrapped up by the end of the month.
The contractor has finished most of the work at the intersection of 27th Street as well; they are finishing up sidewalk and driveway reconstruction on the east leg. The newly realigned intersection is expected to be open by the end of next week, with no additional closures anticipated.
Once 27th Street is open, the west leg of the 29th Street intersection will close until the end of the project. This final phase will focus on completing underground utility work, driveway, and sidewalk reconstruction from 28th Street to 31st Street on the west half of 1st Avenue. Once crews start on this phase, work is anticipated to take approximately two months to complete.
The entire 1st Avenue project is still on track to be completed by this fall.
