Mill St Bridge REPLACEMENT PROJECT
As of June 3, 2019 our bridge replacement project is officially under way. This means that Mill St is completely closed from NAPA to the intersection of Mill and Auburn Streets. This closure affects all traffic including foot traffic. This also means there is no access from Mill St to the Wolcott Falls Park. No trespassing signs have been placed around the worksite. Please be mindful of this and for your own safety keep out of the work zone even if there are no workers present. This project is expected to last into the early fall of this year.
Please note that any trespassers going into the work area will be arrested and will be prosecuted by the contracting company. No one should be crossing the barriers in place.
We apologize for the inconvenience this might cause for those that walk across the bridge on a regular basis but this project is much needed and the end result will be well worth the trouble.
Please note that any trespassers going into the work area will be arrested and will be prosecuted by the contracting company. No one should be crossing the barriers in place.
We apologize for the inconvenience this might cause for those that walk across the bridge on a regular basis but this project is much needed and the end result will be well worth the trouble.
MILL ST BUSINESSES REMAIN OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION
We cannot express enough that the merchants on Mill St remain open and welcome your patronage as always. Please remember to support them:
Wolcott Liquor
Three Sisters Boutique
NAPA Auto Parts
We cannot express enough that the merchants on Mill St remain open and welcome your patronage as always. Please remember to support them:
Wolcott Liquor
Three Sisters Boutique
NAPA Auto Parts
STATE OF THE PROJECT UPDATE
Hello everyone. I Just had the latest meeting for the mill street/ mill pond bridge project... I know many are wondering what's going on and by some of the positive posts and not so positive I wanted to give you the latest update.
Yes the project is behind several weeks, mainly due to RG&E not being a very good partner from the start as the gas main was to be moved/relocated before the project started.. however in turn our contractor had to safely work around the gas main until RG&E finally had it relocated , this also presented a variety of issues with the porta dam and the pumps for the pond and of coarse mother nature always lends a hand..
With that being said the new gas main is in and the new water main as well. Additionally all the old substructure is removed and they are full steam ahead to get the concrete substructure poured and the precast is already built at another location awaiting to be delivered and set with the crane on Monday 9/9..
There is much work yet to be completed and I am very aware of how important it is to get this completed sometime in October so we are looking at every avenue to make up days to get the road open to traffic and pedestrians ...
Mayor Chris Henner
08/27/2019
Yes the project is behind several weeks, mainly due to RG&E not being a very good partner from the start as the gas main was to be moved/relocated before the project started.. however in turn our contractor had to safely work around the gas main until RG&E finally had it relocated , this also presented a variety of issues with the porta dam and the pumps for the pond and of coarse mother nature always lends a hand..
With that being said the new gas main is in and the new water main as well. Additionally all the old substructure is removed and they are full steam ahead to get the concrete substructure poured and the precast is already built at another location awaiting to be delivered and set with the crane on Monday 9/9..
There is much work yet to be completed and I am very aware of how important it is to get this completed sometime in October so we are looking at every avenue to make up days to get the road open to traffic and pedestrians ...
Mayor Chris Henner
08/27/2019
We will make an attempt to update you through pictures as to what is taking place during construction. The following will show the progress.
We will place newest pictures at the top of this update
We will place newest pictures at the top of this update
The following pictures from Village employee Ron Lancy show a lot of progress. Please remember that only authorized personnel are allowed in the construction area regardless of whether workers are onsite or not..
We have had an exciting couple weeks of progress. Starting with the footers being finished up, then the placement of the huge crane. Finally the arrival and setting of the 9 pieces of pre-cast concrete forms that make up the bridge. It's full steam ahead from here as the wing walls will be built and then the dam. The following pictures are compliments of Ron Lancy.
The following are more pictures from Norma Stewart
09/04/2019 - Here are a few more photos from Donna Graham
09/03/2019 - Here are a few pictures taken by Village employee Ron Lancy while gathering water samples. These pictures capture the area being prepped for concrete to be poured. If all goes well the precast form should be being set next week.
These next pictures come to us again from Norma Stewart. Given to us on 8/2/19
The following photos are from village resident Donna Graham, given to us on 7/29/19
June 27, 2019
Some more pictures from Norma Stewart depicting the progress being made.
If you didn't know, this bridge is actually classified as a culvert. The replacement will com in as a pre-cast concrete structure which will be placed into the same position as the current culvert and will have a new dam incorporated with it.
Some more pictures from Norma Stewart depicting the progress being made.
If you didn't know, this bridge is actually classified as a culvert. The replacement will com in as a pre-cast concrete structure which will be placed into the same position as the current culvert and will have a new dam incorporated with it.
July 25, 2019
The following pictures from Village resident Donna Graham show some close up detail of some of the demolition and rerouting of water around the old dam. The torrential rain fall we had in the days previous to these pictures certainly did not help the dam to hold back the water in the pond.
The following pictures from Village resident Donna Graham show some close up detail of some of the demolition and rerouting of water around the old dam. The torrential rain fall we had in the days previous to these pictures certainly did not help the dam to hold back the water in the pond.
July 13, 2019
After the removal of the concrete barriers on the bridge, controlling the water flow while still allowing for water to continue upstream is the next step. Placement of a temporary dam to block off the work site from running water is first. Then adding 2 large pumps to flow the pond water around the worksite to the other side of the falls was the solution to keeping water flowing to the creek.
Photos by Norma Stewart
After the removal of the concrete barriers on the bridge, controlling the water flow while still allowing for water to continue upstream is the next step. Placement of a temporary dam to block off the work site from running water is first. Then adding 2 large pumps to flow the pond water around the worksite to the other side of the falls was the solution to keeping water flowing to the creek.
Photos by Norma Stewart
