Council Gives Go-Ahead for Geddes Work
Reconstruction of Geddes Avenue from Huntington to Huron Parkway in Ann Arbor will take place sometime in 2015, based on city council action. The council’s approval of a $398,703 contract plus a $40,000 contingency with Hubbell Roth & Clark Inc. came at its Feb. 3, 2014 meeting.
The portion of Geddes to be reconstructed is indicated in yellow. Parcels currently lacking sanitary sewer service are indicated in red.
The project, which includes five components, is scheduled to start in the spring of 2015 and may continue through 2016. The five components of the project are: reconstruction of Geddes, sanitary sewer on Geddes, sanitary sewer on Dover Place and Riverview, storm sewer on Geddes, and water main on Dover Place and Riverview. [.pdf of map showing parcels currently lacking sanitary sewer service]
The components of the project, which the city is calling collectively the Geddes Avenue Improvements Project, could also include corrections of slope sloughing, and the construction of non-motorized improvements within the project limits.
The scope of the actual project is supposed to stem in part from public participation. So part of the contract with HRC includes a “robust public engagement process” to include the adjacent residents, various interest groups, and the public at large.
This brief was filed from the city council’s chambers on the second floor of city hall, located at 301 E. Huron.