FINISHING THE ASPHALT - PROGRESS MEETING

BETTER ROADS HAS FINISHED ALL OF THE SIDE STREETS AND NOW ARE DOING THE MAIN BLVD. THE FLAG PEOPLE ARE IN PLACE AND THE SIGNS ARE SET..

THE ASPHALT IS CUT WHERE PHASE ONE ENDS AND PHASE TWO BEGINS. THE CUT ALLOWS THE PAVING MACHINE TO BLEND THE TWO SURFACES THAT ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS..

THE ASPHALT IS CHIPPED OUT TO CREATE A GROVE..

THE GROVE IS ABOUT 10" WIDE..

THE ROAD IS THEN SWEEP CLEAN..

THE PRIMING TRUCK LAYS THE HOT PRIMER..

THE TRUCKS WITH THE NEW ASPHALT ARE LINED UP..

THE PAVING MACHINES HOPPER IS LOADED WITH ASPHALT..

AND THE LAST OF THE NEW PAVING BEGINS..

THE STEEL ROLLER FOLLOWS AND COMPRESSES THE ASPHALT AND AT THE SAME TIME COOLS IT FOR THE NEXT ROLLER..

THEN THE PNEUMATIC ROLLER IS BROUGHT IN TO FINISH THE JOB..

THE WEEKLY, AND POSSIBLE LAST, PROGRESS MEETING WAS HELD OUTSIDE THIS WEEK. DISCUSSED WAS THE FINAL BLUE PRINTS, ASPHALTING AND STRIPPING AND THE FACT THAT THE CREW OF DN HIGGINS IS FINISHING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND LEAVING THE ISLAND IN BETTER SHAPE THAN IT WAS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION. THE NEW PAVING IN FRONT OF PELICAN BEND IS A REAL ASSET TO BOTH THE ISLAND AND THE RESTAURANT, NO MORE MUD HOLE WHEN IT RAINS.

THE PROJECT MANAGER, "DIANA DUERI",.HAS WENT TO BOGOTA, COLUMBIA TO VISIT HER FAMILY FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WE WISH HER A SAFE TRIP AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. 

FOLLOWING THE MEETING A COMPLETE WALK THROUGH OF THE ENTIRE NEW WATER SYSTEM WAS MADE BY ALL SUPERVISORS, FIELD INSPECTORS AND THE ENGINEER..

ALL OF THE VALVES WERE INSPECTED FOR OPERATION AND WHETHER THEY WERE OPEN OR CLOSED. THE AUTOMATIC AIR RELEASE VALVES WERE INSPECTED, ALL NEW WATER METERS WERE INSPECTED, ALL BRASS TAGS WERE INSPECTED, ALL PAVING WAS INSPECTED, ALL DRIVEWAY PATCHING OR REPLACING WAS INSPECTED. IF THERE WERE ANY ITEMS THAT WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE, A LIST WAS MADE AND DN HIGGINS WILL GIVE THEM THE ATTENTION NEEDED..