Blog post 1: Construction to Look Out For

It's getting closer and closer to summer which means trips to the lake and barbeque's for a lot of people, but with the nice weather comes something else: more construction. Recently the Sehome neighborhood had its sewer pipelines replaced as proposed in the Sewer Replacement Program. So far, the Sehome neighborhood along with a couple other streets in Bellingham have had their sewers replaced using trenchless technology. More neighborhoods, starting with down town, are expected to get their sewers replaced over the course of the year. There is a lot of planning and development going on in Bellingham other than sewer replacement, however. Other projects that are currently taking place in Bellingham involve everything from water main replacement to building/improving roundabouts and street improvement. Most of these construction projects have already begun and some even completed.
Some construction projects to be on the look out for are:
In the Mount Baker area they are resurfacing roads around Bakerview road south to Sunset drive. The next step in the resurfacing proposal is to begin construction.

Downtown street power undergrounding started its construction on 3/29/2010 and its next step is to install underground power vaults.

There is going to be a lot of work happening around Forest street. They will be replacing water mains as well as resurfacing improvements. It says they will be starting in the spring. There is also discussion about installing a roundabout.

On Northwest Avenue they have been improving pedestrian and bicycle safety. They completed storm improvements in April and the next step is to finish the retaining wall and begin construction of a roundabout.

Last month the contractor for the West Illinois Street Extension set up erosion control and cleared the site for road construction. The next step is to remove all of the contaminated soil.