Work is progressing on the 2021 Second Street Reconstruction Project, according to Public Works Director Ken Wetzler.
“Most of the mainline paving is done,” Wetzler said Wednesday. “Next up are the intersections, then they’ll move onto the sidewalks.”
Rasch Construction Inc. of Fort Dodge was awarded the contract for the $4 million project in February.
The 2021 Second Street project picked up where the 2020 project left off, focusing on the area just east of Beach Street and continuing west to the bridge on Overpass Drive. The section from Prospect Street west to Beach Street was completed in November 2020.
The project consists of new concrete street pavement, new sidewalks and all new infrastructure within the right-of-way, along with new street lighting on the north side.
The contract also includes five bid alternates which will not be completed in 2021. Wetzler said those projects would go on into 2022, including work on Fair Avenue from Second to Third Street, Woolsey Avenue from Second Street north about 75 feet, Beach Street from Second Street north to 140 feet, Broadway Street from Second Street north to Third Street and from Third Street to the railroad tracks.
The project has meant detours for those wishing to travel on Second Street west on old Highway 20. Detours took motorists along West Second Street or on James Street.
Second Street will likely be ready for traffic sometime in early November, Wetzler said.
View this article as it originally appeared in the Daily Freeman-Journal.
Last modified: September 23, 2021