The third phase of the Brecksville Road resurfacing project has been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, including deeper than expected road base repairs and the need for additional grading and landscaping. The project cost has also increased by 2 percent, primarily due to the use of electronic message boards and the installation of stormwater catch basins to address a flooding issue.
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio – With the first phase of the Brecksville Road resurfacing mostly finished, the city has announced that the third phase –“This gives construction traffic (on Brecksville Road leading into Valor Acres) one more year on the old pavement before we replace it,” Wise said.“The project is substantially complete, with some minor items left for springtime when the weather warms back up,” Wise said. “When that is done, another big project is complete.”CATTS, in a Sept.
25 memo to the city, said it needed more time because additional grading or landscaping was required. Also, the contractor had to replace an “extra-deep” driveway apron. In addition, CATTS said, work was on hold for eight days due to uncertainty over how the company would proceed with some of the road base repairs. “Since base repairs are unknown until you mill the surface and expose the base, the plans included estimated quantities and depths of base repairs,” Wise said. “Some of what they encountered in the field was deeper.” As for the construction cost, it rose by only 2 percent, from the original $2.2 million contract to $2.3 million, due to two unexpected change orders. First, the company used electronic message boards to alert drivers entering the construction zone, instead of less-expensive non-electronic message boards as originally planned. “The contract included hardback signs but Catts wanted to accelerate the schedule and the signs couldn’t be fabricated (in) that short of (a) period,” Wise said. Secondly, the city asked CATTS to address a stormwater problem on Brecksville Road at Marathon Petroleum Corp. near Brecksville’s southern border. During heavy rains, stormwater flows from the Marathon site onto Brecksville Road, covering five lanes of pavement, Wise said. The city and CATTS, to alleviate the flooding, devised a plan to install stormwater catch basins and storm sewers along Brecksville Road at the Marathon site, Wise said
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