City of Jackson Weekly Construction Update for June 17, 2022

(June 17, 2022 3:49 PM)  The City of Jackson has released this weekly construction update for several projects:

Greenwood Avenue:

In the past week, concrete work was completed on the south leg of the intersection of Greenwood and First Street. Currently, the contractor is placing, grading and compacting the new gravel base at this location. Next week, two new layers of hot mix asphalt will be paved.

Next week will see a major change in the traffic control through the work zone. Traffic control will be changed as the current attempt to keep Greenwood open to two way traffic is not working for motorists or for keeping the workers safe. Next week the traffic control will be modified so that Greenwood remains open for southbound traffic only. Temporary signing will direct northbound traffic along a Prospect to MLK to Morrell Street detour route. This will create a wider and safer work zone for the workers and will eliminate narrow lanes and confusion for motorists. Driveways within the work zone will remain accessible but only from the southbound direction.

E. High Street Bridge Construction:

For the past week, the contractor continued the placement of concrete to upgrade the exiting abutments and piers in preparation for the new beams that will span across the river. This concrete work will continue for the next week and a half. After the Fourth of July holiday, the new steel beams are scheduled to arrive. This will coincide nicely with the completion of concrete pours for the abutments and piers.

Steward Street:

Unfortunately, there has been no progress at the project site over the last couple of weeks. Modifications have been made to the plans to accommodate the high levels of ground water that were encountered during the initial excavation. These revisions are currently being reviewed by the railroad. 

As it is likely to be several weeks before the revised plans are approved, Steward will be opened to traffic until such time that the approvals are obtained. This will required that a driveway be temporarily restored and for the barricades to be pulled aside to let traffic through. It is expected that Steward will be open to traffic early next week.

West Avenue:

Over the past week, plumbers continued connecting new copper service pipes to the interior plumbing systems in the basements of houses. At this point, 39 out of 42 are complete. The remaining three houses will be finished early next week.

Over the past week, work was completed to restore those sections of concrete curbs, sidewalks and driveways that had been removed for the water main and water service work.

The contractor is currently working to restore the West Avenue pavement outside of the Franklin Street intersection. This involves digging out the temporary gravel from the water main and water service trenches and paving new hot mix asphalt. This pavement restoration work will continue tomorrow and next week.

Wisner Street:

Over the past week, signal heads were installed at Ganson and street name signs were installed at North and Argyle. All that remains to be hung from the new mast arm supports are the street name signs at the Ganson Street intersection. This will take about a half a day to complete and will be done once the traffic signals are energized.

No work is scheduled for next week. At this point, the new signals need to be energized by the power company before work can progress.