Friday, September 10, 2010 - Will It Ever Warm Up?

Good Friday morning and welcome back to Dawson Road Today!  Yes, it's Friday already - the one advantage to having a Monday holiday.

The construction crew continued on Thursday with the installation and connection of the surface drains.  As you enter the construction zone coming northbound on Dawson Road from Willow Road, you will be directed by an orange and black arrow sign to move into the left lane. This is because the construction crew is working in the northbound lane on those surface drains. You will be driving on a gravel road surface which up till now has been exclusively construction lane. For your own sake, please drive slowly and carefully because the roadway is not as smooth nor as flat as was the northbound paved lane.

As the crew is almost finished with the surface drain installation, they have had to remove the old asphalt paving of the northbound lane. This short video, taken by Linda from Plants For All, shows the crew removing some of the old pavement and loading it into a dump truck for removal from the site. This work was taking place on Dawson Road between Plants For All and Brushcuts Professional Pet Grooming.

You may recall that early in the week I mentioned in my post that the city had experienced vandalism and robberies over the long weekend. I have now learned that the vandalism extended to part of Dawson Road. Thousands of dollars of damage was done to some construction equipment that had windows smashed out of them and one business sustained broken window damage. Go Glass Mobile Units were on site to repair the broken glass in the construction equipment. This is discouraging to the construction workers who rely on this equipment to make their livelihood. This is frustrating to the business owners who have put so much of their own personal energy and resources into their operations.

It's Friday. Saturday, during the day, is going to be the best weather day in the short-term. It would be a good day for you to come down to Dawson Road, see how this project is moving along and to do a little business with the businesses on Dawson Road.

Have a good weekend and I'll talk to you Monday.

Brian - Plants For All