ST8201-CS 890531 (2)Soggy spring slows
Denton Tap project
By LEONA ALLEN
Staff Writer .
Denton Tap Road itnprovemenls t¢, puM~ thc cstilnalcd completion date of
the entire road back to July 8.
Construction on the road began last JUI/C alld ColI/lfltqiOl/WaS targeted for
June 14. The L.H. Lacv Co. is handling the inH)rovements to thc mad from
Belt I,ine to Sanclv l.ak~' roads and fi'om S;mdv Lake t~ I)enton Creek. City
engineer Russell 'l)oyk' saki most of the delays haxe been duc to thu bad
weather, 1)ut over all the project is going well.
"Of course, we would like' to have it complete right now," 1 I%% said. "But
thc weather is somethillg IlO ()DC has ally control ovcr. Thc co]np{etiotJ of thc
entire road has had to be pushed back duc mainly to the bad xxeather.
However, the schedule could pk'k up with thc concrete placement. Altllough
the project is a litllc behind schedule, 1 think in general the project has been
goinR well," hc said.
Both projects have been [n'okcn into hr,, staEt'q Ol crmslruction. ?¢tag~ 1
will be COml)Jetcd burl}re Sta~e II begins. Thc Iotal iml)rux cmeut costs for
the road are estimated at ST. 1 million, with $4.5 milliun paid h,' b} the city
and .$2.6 million paid by the county.
l)ovle reports lhat lhe project south of Sandy Lake Road is 38 percent
compiete alld should be completed June 28. The part of the road north of
Sandy Lake is 70 pereent complete and should be entirely complete July 8.