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"Peter LeCody" <fasffix@mindsprJng.com>
City_of_CoppelI.Town_Center(cmo)
Mon, Aug 28, 2000 9:56 PM
Question on Sandy Lake Construction
Sir:
What seems to be the holdup in the Sandy Lake Road project? There seems to be an unusual amount of
foot dragging by the contractor in this project. How many more years do we anticipate the widening to take
at the current rate of construction? Is it that the contractor is not financially stable? Do they really know
what they are doing? Other similar projects in the DFW area have been completed while this one hangs
open. Can we have an up to date, no B.S. accounting at the next city council meeting please.
Peter LeCody
351 Pecan Hollow Drive
972-393-6924
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Jim Witt (Kathy Bowling)
CMO
Tue, Aug 29, 2000 3:36 PM
Re: Fwd: Question on Sandy Lake Construction
1. The road construction has been extremely slow, however, the contractor has
been working on utility relocation at the Sandy Lake/MacArthur intersection.
2. The contractor has 440 workdays left to complete the project, which means
sometime in late 2001.
3. To the best of our knowledge, the contractor is thoroughly stable. They are also
properly bonded and insured.
4. The contractor has a long history of road construction work in the Metroplex.
I hope this information is adequate.
>>> CMO 08/29 1:27 PM >>>
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<J Bowen@republictitle.com>
City_of_CoppelI.Town_Center(kgriffin)
Fri, Aug 25, 2000 1:22 PM
RE: Sandy Lake & MacArthur
Thanks Ken, I just relocated my office to Westgrove and the Tollroad this
week so I can't give you much input on past problems, however, it did take
much longer today than it has earlier this week. I'll deal with it, keep up
the good work. I know it can't be fun.
..... Original Message .....
From: Ken Griffin [mailto:kgriffin@ci.coppell.tx.us]
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 12:38 PM
To: J Bowen@republictitle.com
Subject: Re: Sandy Lake & MacArthur
Mr. Bowen
Thank you for your email. I happen to go though the intersection this
morning at about 8:10 and noticed traffic backed up in all directions. I
also noticed that my Sandy Lake Rd. contractor was working near Kimbel Ct.
and was stopping traffic to cross Sandy Lake with a dump truck. I stopped
and reminded the contractor that they were not to block any lanes until 9:00
am. The contractor stopped work and the intersection cleared shortly
thereafter.
I'm not sure that was the total reason for the delay. Does it always take
this long to get through the intersection? We have had complaints in the
recent past, but have adjusted the timing to give the maximum amount that we
can to Sandy Lake while still providing adequate time to south bound
MacArthur.
As an informational note, we will begin work on rebuilding and widening the
MacArthur/Sandy Lake intersection sometime after the first of the year. The
only way to construct the intersection, short of closing it, is to reduce
the intersection to one lane in all directions. This allows the contractor
to work on one corner at a time. The actual work will take about 4-6
months. This will further impact Sandy Lake because with only one
southbound lane on Mac, Arthur, we may need to adjust the signal timing.
If you have any other questions please feel free to email me or call me at
972-304-3686.
Ken Griffin, P.E.
Director of Engineering
>>> <JBowen@republictitle.com> 08~25 9:32 AM >>>
It took ten minutes to get through the light this AM going East on Sandy
Lake. I don't know how many times the light changed before I got to it
because, even at 8:15, the traffic on Sandy Lake was too far back to even
see the light. Since this is one of the few eastJwest routes through
Coppell, is it not possible to allow a little longer time for the eastbound
traffic to get through in the mornings? Jim Bowen, 764 Robin lane.
From the desk of...
Ken Griffin, P.E.
Director of Engineering &
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