Queen Street Reconstruction

Pictured to the right is Queen Street in Georgetown, illustrating the reconstruction project. The photo was taken on August 23rd.

Residents are feeling a little frustrated with the progress as sometimes they don't see anything going on, which was the case this week.

In fact things are progressing as expected but sometimes that progress is not apparent to the casual observer. Although it looks as if it a road project, in reality it is also an "under the road"project. The underground work is a Regional project and involves replacing the water and wastewater pipes. Other services such as hydro, gas, and cable are likewise effected. The road itself is a Town project and all of the work must be coordinated by the Town Supervisor.

Printed below is the Town's Construction Supervisor's response to questions about the progress this week.

The reason very little work is being done this week is that the water main has been installed and after that the next step is to flush it, chlorinate and then flush it again and to remove the chlorine and then test the water in the water main to ensure there is no bacteria in it prior to connecting the houses with new services. This process takes approximately 1 week, the samples were sent in Tuesday and the results should be back today or next Tuesday and all going well if the tests pass the contractor can begin installing the new services to the main. Until this is done nothing further can be done on the stretch between McNabb and Guelph. The stretch between McNabb to King is almost at the paving stage, I was informed that they were going to place the final gravel next week and pave shortly after. The contractor is basically on schedule for the first week of October barring any rain days.

Kevin Chalmers CST, CET
Supervisor of Construction
Town of Halton Hills

We are near the end of the project but nerves always seem to get frayed at this stage after months of hot dusty days, rough roads, restricted access and numerous other inconveniences. In the end the road will be vastly improved and the underground water and wastewater services will all be upgraded.