Public Works Project Update

Despite the dreary weather we had this past week, the Lipman Slide Repair Project is progressing very well.  The retaining wall is mostly complete, with the steel beams plunged deep into the ground and pressure-treated wood stacked in-between each of the beams.  Permanent anchor ties (basically huge nails) have also been driven 45 ft. into the hillside and secured to its corresponding steel beam at a 45-degree angle.  Each anchor tie is being tested to ensure that it can withstand thousands of pounds of force being exerted on it.  The total length of the retaining wall spans approximately 255 ft...and judging from its skilled design and construction, it's not going anywhere.  Click here to see the first update and here for the second one.

Like the Lipman Slide Repair Project, the BES Restroom project is scheduled to be finished in about a month.  The site work was completed by Brisbane contractor Michael Glynn, and the actual facility is currently being constructed in Washington.  It will be making its way down here and literally dropped in place and hooked up.  The Lipman Slide Repair project is actually a Brisbane School District project; the City helped secure the FEMA grant for the District that is paying for the project and lending their project management support with Public Works Inspector Greg Morris largely overseeing the contractors' work.  The BES Restroom project is being paid for entirely through State City Park Funds, and therefore not costing the City a dime.

Lastly, the Bayshore Bikeway Phase II project that was supposed to get underway this past Monday needed to be postponed a week due to the wet weather.  The work will commence this coming Monday, July 18, with one lane of Bayshore between Valley Dr. and Geneva closed from 9:00am - 4:00pm.  Please exercise caution when traveling, and be sure to slow down when driving through the construction area.  Click here to read the last update related to this project.