Category: Project Updates

Metro Pavers has continued to pour concrete at Centennial Park this week and, with unseasonably-warm weather this week, may need to do late-night or early-morning saw cutting this week. Saw cutting prevents new concrete from cracking as it cures. The timing of cutting is based on factors such as air temperature and humidity, and the timing is critical.

Summer, the second phase of Centennial Park development began, including the addition of 150-space pervious pavement parking lot, a 10-foot-wide walking trail around the perimeter, a sidewalk along St. Andrews Drive, and Iowa’s largest bioswale. As with any paving project, there will be times when crews will need to work in late evening or early morning hours…

Weather permitting, a segment of the Dubuque Street Trail at the intersection of North Liberty Road and Dubuque Street will close on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The closure is necessary so crews can complete the final connections of the new permanent trail around the rebuilt intersection. The trail is expected to reopen by the morning of Saturday, Oct…

Crews are expected to finish painting lines for Penn Street’s additional lanes this week, representatives for the project’s general contractor, Metro Pavers, said today. The contractor is expected to have turn lanes open during peak traffic times, with occasional closures to complete work the work. Additional work in the coming weeks will require Penn Street to remain open…

Early this week, crews are expected to pave North Liberty Road between Oak Lane and Dubuque Street, as well as the southern portion of the Oak Lane intersection. During this work, traffic to Oak Lane will continue to be detoured north on North Liberty Road, though there may be some delays at times. Once this is…

The 5th running (and swimming and biking) of North Liberty’s Just Tri youth triathlon will require the closure of roads along the course between 7:30 and 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Roads included in the closure are: Cherry Street between Highway 965 and Front Street Stewart Street between Cherry Street and Chestnut Street…

Construction of the long-awaited splash pad at Penn Meadows Park is scheduled to start on July 5, with final completion of the project scheduled for Aug. 12. Included in plans for the splash pad are a baseball-themed water-spray feature (depicted in the photo at left alongside other features not included in the plans) and flush-mounted water…

Weather permitting, beginning as early as Monday, June 6, Oak Lane will be reduced to a single lane at North Liberty Road so crews can grade, treat, rock and pave the intersection. The lane reductions are expected to be intermittent over about the next month. Drivers are asked to use caution around the work site, allow…

Weather permitting, on Monday, May 9, crews will begin pouring concrete at Penn Meadows Park for the new restroom pavilion, a trail and an area around the current three-story-tall play structure. To accommodate the work, the play structure at Penn Meadows Park will be temporarily closed. The closure is expected to last about a week.

Over the next two weeks, drivers will see flaggers as well as lane shifts and reductions as crews work to widen Penn Street between Alexander Way and Interstate 380 in North Liberty. First, beginning this week, contractors will use flaggers during off-peak hours to install temporary paving at the Penn Street intersections of Kansas Avenue…