Good Tuesday morning and welcome back to Dawson Road Today! Yesterday we stopped into our store, Plants For All at 66 Dawson Road, just long enough to load the van with the material we needed to do our presentation at the KW Garden Club in Waterloo.
The street was a hive of activity with the crew from Seegmiller working on paving, supported by the crew from Bel-Air Construction who were also working on in-filling the boulevards on the east side of Dawson Road. I told you yesterday that the paving crew was working last Saturday morning on the intersection at Speedvale and Dawson. They also were able to lay the first base layer of asphalt about 125 m from Speedvale Avenue on the east lane. This picture shows the first new pavement on Dawson Road. Yeah!
When we returned back to our shop last evening shortly after 8 p.m., of course it was dark. However, there was a lot of activity going on as the crew from Seegmiller were actively at work. There were lights and rollers going every which way. Of course, they knew what they were doing; but it was a kind of organized chaos that we're not used to seeing on the construction site after dark on Dawson Road.
On my walkabout late last night I could see much of what was accomplished during the day. It would appear to me that the lane on the west side of Dawson Road has had 2 base layers of asphalt, leaving the asphalt surface about 2 inches below the curb level. The lane on the east side of Dawson Road has had one complete base layer of asphalt and 2 base layers from Shelldale up to in front out Mike the Mover. I expect they should be able to finish the second layer on the east side lane tomorrow. All of Dawson Road now has some level of asphalt surfacing. Yeah!
I also noticed that the wooden forms to make the sidewalks have been partially installed. Forms are in place on the east side of Dawson Road from near Speedvale Avenue down to in front of Brush Cuts Professional Pet Grooming. So the sidewalks are underway. Yeah! I leave for a day and look what happens!
The weather for Tuesday and Wednesday looks to be good for construction with no rain in the forecast and being a bit cool. We're to expect some rain on Thursday, so we'll see what that upsets. I understand that they cannot pave when it's raining.
Our talk was well received at the KW Garden Club yesterday and Linda will be presenting a talk on a different plant topic this morning at the Salvation Army.
Visit my new plant blog http://plantsforallblog.blogspot.com
to see an outline of what we discussed at the KW Garden Club.
Just as a point of interest, our Dawson Road Today blog, that you're reading now has just passed the 2000 page view mark. I'm very pleased with that and thank you for looking us up.
Just as a point of interest, our Dawson Road Today blog, that you're reading now has just passed the 2000 page view mark. I'm very pleased with that and thank you for looking us up.
People who think they know me, should know that I am not a big fan of autumn. However, we've had a pretty good run of fall weather and I think I like it. Most likely though, I'm just in a state of denial. Anyway, it's a good day to be on Dawson Road today. Come on down, the businesses of Dawson Road would love to see you.
Brian
Plants For All
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