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Post by Admin on May 3, 2016 20:03:55 GMT -7
South Glastonbury Road Maintenance request for 2016 Listed in order of priority by Tim Brockett and the Forum Based on $31,250.00 SG Grading and Gravel allocation in the 2016 budget.
High South Maintenance:
- Complete the Snow Post Installation to the top of Sagittarius Skyway. 10 posts.
- Clear ditches on Scorpio, Hercules, Sagittarius Place and Sagittarius Skyway.
- Check ditches on Polaris and Libra.
- Put snow posts on upper Hercules through the canyon past SpecTec. 20 posts.
- Grade all of Hercules and Sagittarius Skyway.
- Double Truckloads of road mix – 4 on Sagittarius Skyway, 4 on upper Hercules past SpecTec, 8 on lower Hercules. One on Polaris, one on Sagittarius Place, one on Scorpio and one on Libra. Grade where fresh gravel is dropped.
- Estimated gravel cost at $350.00 per load = $7,000.00 or $917.43 per mile. (7.63 miles of gravel road in High South).
Low South Maintenance:
- New snow fencing along Arcturus. Snow posts near culverts. 20 posts.
- Clear culverts and ditches per the Ladewig’s proposal.
- Double Truckloads of road mix – One load each for Aquila, Hesperus Lane, Leo Lane and Virgo Way. Four loads for Leo Drive and 12 loads for Arcturus.
- Estimated gravel cost at $350.00 per load = $7,000.00 or $2,439.00 per mile. (2.87 miles of gravel road in Low South).
- Grade all of Arcturus and Leo Drive. Grade only where gravel is placed on the other roads.
Road mix gravel comes from Durgan’s quarry. Prices based on the May 4th, 2016 Road Committee meeting figures.
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Post by Admin on May 10, 2016 11:18:29 GMT -7
South Glastonbury Road Maintenance Request - Work Order High South Glastonbury - Start at Hercules from where it intersects with Dry Creek Road
- Grade, and clear ditches on the left side of Hercules from Dry Creek Road until the first curve, which turns left. After the left hand curve, Hercules is straight and goes slightly uphill until the next curve, which turns right. Drop 4 loads of gravel on this section of Hercules. Check the left and right side ditches.
- At the end of the straight section, Hercules turns right, and steeply ascends to Suicide Curve. This curve is where the guardrail is sinking into the ground and needs to be raised. Check the ditches on the left side of the road. Past Suicide Curve, Hercules flattens out again.
- Click here to view detailed photos of the sinking guardrail on Suicide Curve.
- Drop 3 loads of gravel on Hercules after Suicide Curve and before, the left side driveway, at 101 Hercules. Drop one more load just after the driveway at 101 Hercules. Then drop one load of gravel on Libra Drive where it intersects with Hercules.
- Dennis Riley donated one load of gravel for Hercules. I suggest dropping it after where Libra intersects with Hercules, and before or in front of, where a right side driveway at 110 Hercules enters.
- Check the right side ditches up Hercules, past a left side driveway at 135 Hercules Road and on until the road makes a sharp, right hand turn. The section of road past 135 Hercules, and before the next right hand turn is flat, and received a few loads of donated gravel in 2015. Drop 2 loads donated by Regina and Walter Wunsch, on this section.
- Hercules climbs steeply past the right turn and then makes a 180 degree left turn. Grade and clear ditches on the left side of the road. After Hercules turns left, it climbs a slight rise, until it turns 90 degrees to the right. After the right turn Hercules levels out until it reaches the junction of Polaris and Scorpio. Drop two more loads donated by Regina and Walter Wunsch on this straight section.
- Scorpio is on the left. It needs ditch cleaning on both sides of the road. Drop one load of gravel on Scorpio where it flattens out and the gravel thins.
- Polaris is on the right. Drop one load of gravel, which was donated by Regina and Walter Wunsch, where the road flattens out and the gravel thins past the left side SpecTec driveway and before the right side driveway at 26 Polaris. Drop a second load of gravel past the curve and left hand driveway at 27 Polaris.
- Hercules continues past Polaris and Scorpio. Grade and check ditches all the way to the left side of the road, log cabin at 343 Hercules. Drop one load of gravel just before the first left side driveway at 343 Hercules. Then drop 3 more loads past the 2nd left side driveway entrance at 343 Hercules.
- The maintained length of Hercules ends at the intersection of Sagittarius Place, Hercules and Sagittarius Skyway. Drop one load of gravel on Sagittarius Place where it intersects with Hercules from the right. The ditches along the right side of Sagittarius Place need cleaning. The culvert on the right, just before the left side driveway, at 21 Sagittarius Place also needs cleaning.
- Grade and check the left side ditch up Sagittarius Skyway until you get past the left hand curve just after the Dome House. Drop one load of gravel on the straight and slightly uphill section of road that is past the Dome House. Check ditches on both sides; the right side is clogged.
- Sagittarius Skyway turns right and flattens out. Drop two loads of gravel after the right hand curve and before the right side driveway at 46 Sagittarius Skyway. Update: Drop an extra load here for a total of 3 loads of gravel. Paid for with another High South donation on May 11, 2016.
- Continue grading and ditch work up Sagittarius Skyway, past the right side driveway at 60 Sagittarius Skyway and past the open gate. The road climbs and then takes a 90 degree turn to the right. The road climbs while hugging a steep cut bank on the right. On the left side of the road, a steep drop off varies from 100 to 300 feet. The ditch is clogged on the right side of the road. 600 feet of guardrail are needed on the left side of the road. Drop the remaining 3 loads of gravel, 2 donated by Tim Brockett, on this section of road before the next 90 degree, left hand curve.
- After the 90 degree left hand curve, continue grading and checking ditches. The road climbs past a left side driveway at 129 Sagittarius Skyway, then rounds a bend where a right side driveway comes in at 138 Sagittarius Skyway. From here to the end of Sagittarius Skyway the road just needs grading and the right side ditches need clearing. This is all new road that goes to a turnaround right next to a bunkhouse/garage at the end of the Sagittarius Skyway.
The above work order includes 20 double truckloads of gravel accounted for in the original High South Road Maintenance Request. It also includes donated gravel; five loads from Regina and Walter Wunsch, 2 loads from Tim Brockett and one load from Dennis Riley. If more donations come in they can be used for extending the gravel already accounted for. Before fresh gravel is dropped, the road below should be graded to remove washboards, and then rolled to compact the surface. Then fresh gravel should be dropped, graded and rolled on top of the prepared road surface.
The guardrail on Suicide Curve needs raising. As I noted earlier, 600 feet of guardrail is also needed on Sagittarius Skyway. I think it would be best to combine both jobs with a possible guardrail installation in North Glastonbury to save money. It cost $1,500 for the guardrail company just to bring their equipment here. Getting all 3 jobs done at the same time would save money while providing safer travel for all landowners.
The guardrail work should be paid with Road Reserve Funds rather than Gravel and Grading Funds. As of April 30th, 2016 North Glastonbury had $15,117.44 in it's GLA savings account Road Fund. South Glastonbury had $24,650.14 in it's GLA savings account Road Fund. Snow Removal cash is kept in a third fund so it would not be affected by guardrail costs.
Since all of the South Glastonbury guardrail money will be spent in High South, the GLA Board may wish to invest an equal amount from the South Glastonbury Road Fund, into Low South gravel and grading. This would be fair and would provide more gravel to the badly worn Low South roads. If the High South guardrail cost $7,000.00, then Low South would receive an extra 20 loads or $7,000.00 worth of gravel. After both investments, the balance in the South Glastonbury Road Fund would still be around $11,000.00. The snow removal fund would remain whole at $12,981.00.
Ditch Clearing Note: Many of the roads in High South are carved from the sides of steep hills. On one side there is a high embankment that is usually at a 30 degree or greater angle. The embankment is often too steep for grass or weeds to grow on, which would hold the rocks and dirt in place. Thus every spring, freeze/thaw activity drops fresh dirt and rocks in the ditches on that side of the road. Winter snowplowing also picks up some road gravel and deposits it into the ditches. The grader has a plow like blade that digs a furrow and turns up and aside material in the ditches. However, when the ditch is on the embankment side of the road there is little to no room for the blade to push dirt and rocks up the embankment. For these ditches, which are numerous in High South, a mini-excavator is better because it can scoop up and remove dirt from the embankment side ditch and deposit it on the other side of the road. While traveling the High South roads a mini-excavator could also dig out some of the basketball or bigger rocks that have frost heaved through the road surface. Snow plowing will be easier and cheaper when those blade busting boulders are banished.
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