A tale of long Main Street sidewalk repairs

On two occasions, it has taken months for the same sidewalk on Main Street to be fixed.

Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

Councillors vote on a motion at the Oct. 6, 2014 council meeting at city hall.

As of Mondays council meeting, the portion of the water service line from the curb and gutter to the water main line in front of 132 Main St. N. isnt finished.

There had been a water line break in the winter time. It was left as a pile of rabble and holes well into, I believe it was July, said Coun. Brian Swanson. The enquiry does point out for at least April, May, June, part of July, we had a main street sidewalk that was treacherous.

The enquiry, submitted by Swanson, stated because of the location of the work and how much work was remaining, the property owners requested a temporary installation of paving to be done in the 2014 tourist season.

The repair that did occur at 132 Main St. N. was initiated first of all as a repair on the service line, said Duane Grado, public works manager. Thats between the building and the control valve thats just onto the pavers that are located in front of that building.

He said that happened around June and the business owner didnt want to disrupt customer flow for the summer.

The main contractor couldnt be scheduled in, so we got a local contractor to do a temporary repair, said Grado. Were actually scheduling right now for this week or for next week to do that one and the one in front of Timothy Eatons.

After the service relay is completed, all concrete, pavers and asphalt will be repaired permanently.

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A tale of long Main Street sidewalk repairs