ST8201-CS 881222 (3)DECEMBER 22, 1988
MR. RUSSELL R. DOYLE,
CITY ENOINEER
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CITY DF COPF'ELL
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~MR. DDYLE~
THIS LETT~ ~S ~ FDLLO~-UP TO OU~ MEETING OF DECEMBE~ ~1~ l~SB~ ~ITH YOU,
V~IOUS INVOLVED C~TY OFFIC~LS~ GINN~ ~NC. ~Ep~S~NT~TIVES~ AND L. H. L~CY
CO. ~SEN]-~TI~E~- IN THE M~TIN~ ~ DISCUSSED ~N DETAIL THE ~VIN~
SEQUENCE FOR PHASE I OF THE ABOVE ~EFE~RENCED PRO~ECTS. IT IS IN OUR MUTUAL
BEST INTEREST TO KEEP YOU~ AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS INFORMED AS TO OU~
SEQUENCE AND METHOD OF OPERATIONS AS IT ~ELATES TO THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECt.
-- ~-~ ...... VING OPERATIONS ON ~AN~BY 5~ 198~ ON THE
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IN :. ':'~- -~.;,, ~ -~n 8 DAYS - THIS WILL AVOID HAVING TB DETOU~
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MULTIPLE TIMES ]'HRU THE INTE~ECIION~ WHILE THE INTE~SECTON WOULD HAVE BEEN
BULL]' IN PIECES - WE ESTIMATE THIS WILL SAVE A MINIHUH OF 14 DAYB OF T~AFFIC
SUD-DIVISION TRAFFIC WHICH NORMALLY TRAVELS E~ ~-
CON~STION IN THIS AREA. ~~
AND WEST ON BETHEL SCHOOL tBETHEL SCHOOL CLOSED BETWEEN DENTON TAP ~
WILL BE DETOURED VIA BE]HEL ROAD FOF{ THiS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ME
AHTICIPATE BEING NEAR THE BRAEWOOD INTERSECTION BY JANUARY 9 OR 10, 1~8~.
WE WILL NOT TEMPORARILY SHUT THIS INTERSEC]'ION DOWN AS ~E PAVE THRU - WS WILL
pAVE ~HRU AS MANY uF ]HE DRIVES AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN BRAEWOOD AND sAND~ LAKE
(POURING 7HE DRIVE APPROACHES THE SAME DAY), AS SOON AS WE GET DESIGN STRENGT~
ON THE CONCRETE PAVEMENT WE WILL OPEN 7HE DRIVES BACK TO THE BANKS AND
SHOPPING CEN~ERS FROM JUS~ SOUTH OF B~{AEWO0D TO SANDY LAK~. ~E AN] ICIPATE
STARTING PAVING OPERATIONS NORTH OF SAN~Y LAKE ON THE ~EST SIDE OF DENTON
TAP BY JANUARY 11 OR 12, 1~8~. ~E ANTICIPATE BEING TO ~US~ NORTH OF THE
CITY PARK ENTRANCE BY JANUARY 14 OR 1~ 1~8~. ~E SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE CURE
ON THE PAVEMENT AND DRIVES FROM JUST sOUTH OF BRAE~OOD TO SANDY LAKE BY
JANUARY 15 OR i4~ 1'~- WE WILL THEN TEMPORARILY SHUT-DOWN THE BRAEWOOD
INTE~<SECTION FOF{ A pERiOD OF ONLY 5 TO 8 DAYS TO THRU TRAFFIC~ TRAFFIC
WILL bE DEFOURED TO DENi'ON FAP VIA SANDY LAKE AND/OR VANBEBBER ROADS. WE
SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE CURE BY JANUARY 12 OR 15, 1989 AT THE NEW BETHEL SCHOOL
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General Contractors ~-~' Dallas. Texas 75354-1297
214/357-0146 'Quality Construction for over 65 Years"
INTERSECTION - WE WILL OPEN THIS TO TRAFFIC, AND THEN ~MPOP~iLY SHUT-DOWN
THE INTERSECTION AT BETHEL, ROAD FOR A PERIOD OF ONL~ 5 TO 8 DAYS. THE
ENTRANCE TO THE CITY PARK, OFF OF BETHEL ROAD WILL NOT BE AFFECTED~ TRAFFIC
oEEKING TO ]-RAVEL SOUTHBOUND OF DENTON TAP WILL BE DETOURED VIA COPPELL ROAD,
OTP~ER LOCAL TRAFFIC WiLL BE DETOURED TO DENTON TAP ROAD VIA BETHEL SCHOOL '
I~OAD. AS SOON AS ALL 0~: THE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETE TRAFFIC WILL
TURNED '10 THE NEW CONCRETE PAVEMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. DURING THE
PAVING OPERATIONS WE ASK THA'! CI~IZENS TAKE NOTICE 0~ WHERE WE ARE PAVING~
AND TO TAKE ALTERNATE ROUTES ~0 SAVE THEM TRAVEL TIME, AND TO HELP US GO
AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN WITHOUI EXCESS TRAFFIC SLOWING US DOWN. THE ISSUE OF
SAFETY IS ALWAYS ON OUR AGENDA, WE WILL USE FLAGMEN TO HELP OUR MATERIAL
AND CONCRETE TRUCKS IN AND OUT A~ BETHEL ROAD WHILE WE ARE PAVING~ WE WILL
USE FLAGMEN AHEAD OF AND BEHIND OF OUR PAVING O~ERATION WHEN WE HAVE
EQUIPMEN~ ON THE EXISTING DENTON TAP ROAD. WE WiLL USE OFF-DUTY CITY OF
COPPELL POLICEMEN TO HELP IF WE HAVE A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TRAFFIC
SITUATION WE MUST CONTEND WITH. ALL OF THE ABOVE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
~-0 SLIGHTLY EARLIER OR SLIGHTLY LATER THAN PROJECTED - AS WE PREVIOUSLY
DISCUSSED AT OUR MEE'~ING ON WEDNESDAY~ DECEMBER 21~ 1988 THE L0 H. LACY WILL
PROVIDE YOU WiTH AN ANTICIPATED DAILY SCHEDULE (THE DAY BEFORE) OF OU~
PAVING ACTIVITIES - AND WE WILL TRY TO GIVE AT LEAST TWO TO THREE DAYS
NOTICE OF A TEMPORARY INTERSECTION CLOSING. IF YOU HAVE ANY ~UESTIONS~ AGAIN
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT EITHE~ MYSELF, OR MR. ALLEN BLAKENSHIP AT OUR
FIELD OFFICE NO. 5~5-2285. WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH MR. RANDY FLEMING
OF GINN~ INC. TO KEEP HIM AWARE OF DAILY~ AND WEEKLY ACTIVITES DURING THIS
~zIRST PHASE OF PAVING OPERATIONS. THE QUICKER WE CAN REDUCE OUR VISIBILITY
BY GETTING THE CITIZENS OF COPPELL ON THE NEW PHASE I PAVEMENT~ THE QUICKER
WE WILL BE ~0 FINALLY FINISHING THESE COMPLICATED PROJECTS.
THANK-YOU AGAIN FOR YOU COOPERATION IN THESE MATTERS.
RESPECTFULLY ~
PROJECT MANAGER
CC: RANDY FLEMING~ GINN, INC.,
FILE 510: CORRESPONDENCE