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Public Construction

Overview

Plans for public construction are developed, bid, and awards made by the Common Council. The Engineering Services Division oversees construction of the public works contracts.

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Street Improvement Program
Each year a team of City Engineers and Operations personnel drive every mile of roadway in the City to assess the condition of the streets. A rating system of 0 to 35 points is assigned to each street. Based on the condition rating number, the age of the street, and proximity to planned utility work, an annual paving program is assembled that is within existing budget parameters. This process is followed each year. The 2013 to 2017 Proposed Street Improvement Program is now available online.

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Sidewalk Repair Program
The City of Wauwatosa maintains approximately 5,111,600 sq. ft. of sidewalk within the City limits. Sidewalks are maintained in three ways.

First an inspection of approximately one tenth of the City sidewalk network is conducted annually. deteriorated sections of sidewalk are noted, marked and put on the list for replacement. A sidewalk replacement contract for the following year is then put out to bid.

The second way sidewalks are repaired is in conjunction with a major highway project. Typically sidewalks are disturbed for public construction and replaced as part of the project.

A third level of maintenance is performed by the Public Works Department, Operations Division. If a call is received from a resident or business owner and the sidewalk program is already completed for the year the Public Works staff will fix the problem sidewalk. The 2013-2022 Proposed Sidewalk Repair Program is now online.

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School Safety Study - Center and 100th Streets
In response to concerns over safety for school children entering and leaving the three schools on Center Street and at Madison School on 100th Street, the City and the Wauwatosa School District jointly retained the services of the professional traffic engineering firm of Ayres Associates of Waukesha.

A draft report was reviewed by the Traffic and Safety Committee on December 11, 2012.

April 5, 2013 Update: Following an extensive public comment period the Traffic and Safety Committee will review a supplemental report at it's regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday April 9, 2013. The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Committee Room No. 1 of City Hall. The public is invited to attend the meeting and comment if desired.

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For latest Zoo Interchange Information - April Newsletter

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North Avenue Plan
For information on the March 26, 2013 Public Information Exchange Meeting please click here.

For information on the April 30, 2013 Staff Report Regarding North Avenue Modifications click here

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Location Status Update
Wisconsin DOT Utilities and Paving
   
     
Capitol Drive (84th St. to Mayfair Rd.) The contract is in the design phase to be let out to construction in March. Construction should begin in May of 2013.
March 2, 2013
Mayfair Road (I-94 to Watertown Plank Rd.) Construction has begun on the paving project. Currently the contractor is constructing temporary lanes as well as grading for future construction on the east side of the roadway progressing from south to north. Most of the private utility installations are installed. The contractor will be placing new storm sewer on the east side of the roadway as well as some sanitary and watermain installations in the area.
April 1, 2013
Glenview Avenue (Hawthorne Ave. to North of Wisconsin Ave.) The contractor continues to place watermains on the project currently between Hill St. and Blue Mound Rd. proceeding to the north. Once the watermain is complete it must pass a series of tests and then individual water services will be placed on the roadway. Also we will have some private utility companies working on installations on the roadway prior to the WisDOT paving project which will include paving from I-94 to Blue Mound Rd. and completely repaving the roadway between Blue Mound Rd. and Avon Ct.
April 1, 2013
        
Utilities and Paving
      
Meinecke Avenue (Swan Blvd. to 81st St.)   






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Resident Notification Letter
The contractor has completed the street light work on the roadway waiting for a better trend in the weather to begin any other work that needs to be done. The contractor will be doing a pump station modification between 85th and 86th Sts. followed by some paving work to complete the work that was done last year.

Beginning this week and continuing through May, the plan is to complete the remaining tasks of the Meinecke/90th St project. Weather will always be a factor, as it has been in beginning this final phase of the project.
• This Wednesday, May 1, tree planting is planned to start
• Beginning the week of May 6, the pump station at 86th and Meinecke will be re-connected from the storm pipe to the sanitary pipe
• Beginning the week of May 16, street paving will begin along Meinecke, between 90th and Swan
   o Parking passes will be distributed this week
   o Manhole alignment, removal of the temporary asphalt adjacent to the curbs and the pouring of the final layer of asphalt will also occur along Meinecke and 90th St.
   o 86th St between Meinecke and Wright will also have asphalt laid, likely in late May
• There will also be concrete work for some driveways, service walks and sidewalk squares
• Sod production at sod farms was severely impacted by the late winter and wet April so I do not have a date yet on the laying of sod but the plan is also to have that occur in May
• The old street lights will be removed
Our contractor, Globe, expects this activity to last about 30 days 

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May 6, 2013
90th Street (North Ave. to Meinecke Ave.) The contractor will be starting paving sometime in April weather permitting. Paving will include milling and repaving the center part of the roadway.
April 1, 2013
124th Street (Watertown Plank Rd. to Garfield Ave.)    The roadway will be repaved beginning this summer.  
April 1, 2013
Center Street (117th St. to 124th St.) The project is currently in the design phase.

April 1, 2013
Chambers Street (120th St. to 124th St.)        The project is currently in the design phase.  

April 1, 2013
Discovery Parkway (Watertown Plank Rd. to swan Blvd.) The contractor continues utility work on the project as well as grading.
April 1, 2013
       
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Sanitary Sewer Project (Watertown Plank Rd. to Walnut Rd., 115th St. to 124th St.)    The project is currently out for bid.



April 1, 2013
Sanitary Sewer Project (Walnut Rd. to North Ave., 115th St. to 124th St.) The project is currently out for bid.


April 1, 2013
Sanitary Sewer Project Diane Drive (120th St. to 115th St.)   The project is currently out for bid.

April 1, 2013
Storm Sewer Project 100th Street (Grantosa Ave. to Ruby Ave.)

100th Street Detour Route
The contractor began work on the sanitary sewer relay this week at Grantosa Ave. proceeding from south to north. Once the sanitary sewer and watermain alterations are made they will begin the installation of the larger diamater storm sewer proceeding from south to north.
April 1, 2013
Watermain Glenview Avenue (Hawthorne Ave. to Avon Ct.) The contractor is presently in the Blue Mound Rd. intersection. The next phase of construction will be from Blue Mound Rd. to Avon Ct. due to the narrow roadway the contractor will need to flag traffic in one direction during some operations. There will be traffic delays in this area. Once the contractor is through to Avon Ct. there will be a series of testing on the watermain and athe individual services will be attached.
April 1, 2013
Watermain Harwood Avenue (Dewey Ave. to Glenview Ave.) The contractor expects to begin sometime in late April.
April 1, 2013
Sanitary Sewer Project Ravenswood Area
  
The contractor continues to install sanitary sewer pipe proceeding generally to the northwest then will begin work on Glencoe Cir.
April 1, 2013

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