Cold Weather

The cold weather is affecting the Manastash Creek projects. At Barnes Road, progress continues. Another wall pour was completed last week. With the cold weather, the contractor worked to cover and heat the concrete so it will cure properly.

Wall No. 3 at Barnes Road was poured last Friday.

The newly poured wall is covered and heated. The exposed walls were poured a few weeks ago. They are the walls for the fish ladder.

At the MWDA/Consolidated diversion, the single digit and sub zero weather caused icing problems, affected the contractors equipment and generally slowed work. For these reasons, and because of delays with temporary power, the project is now 3 weeks behind schedule. The good news is that temporary power is now available making the pumping for dewatering easier. The contractor has proposed an aggressive new concrete pour schedule and will be working hard to make up time in the schedule. We'll all keep our fingers crossed for better weather!

Manastash Creek and the diversion work site has accumulated more ice every day during this cold spell making work difficult for the contractor.

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