Water Mains Done on Washington Street Mall

CAPE MAY — Water main installation is complete on the Washington Street Mall on all three blocks.
The system has been charged and tested, according to Terry McLaughlin, project manager and engineer with Remington Vernick, who updated merchants at a Jan. 17 meeting.
Service connections are beginning on the 400 block.
The entire project is on schedule, he said.
Progress made:
•Storm sewer main installation is complete through the 400 block and half of the 500 block.
•Storm sewer manhole and catch basins have been installed in the 400 block.
•A fire hydrant has been relocated along Decatur Street but is not active yet.
•All of the structural soil for planters has been installed in the 300 block and along Jackson Street.
•Electrical conduit and light foundations are installed in the 300 block.
•Sanitary sewer main installation is complete through the 400 block.
•Concrete has been removed from the west side of Washington Street and 300 block.
•Concrete band has been poured along Perry Street, the south side of Jackson Street and west side of the 300 block.
•Four inch concrete base poured along Perry Street and the southwest side of Jackson Street.
•Cast iron storm sewer tie-ins were installed on the 300 block.
•Trees were removed from the end of Hill Walk.
The Town Crier information kiosk will be reinstalled in the next couple of weeks said Nick Furfari of Think Hardscaping and Bud Concrete.
He said the Mid Atlantic Center for the Arts ticket booth would be moved in the next two weeks.
Concrete will be removed from side streets: Decatur and Jackson streets and structural soil installed.
Sawyer’s and Hill walks will also receive structural soil along with electrical work.
Furfari advised merchants to look at construction taking place in the 300 block, so “they know what to expect in front of their store.” Concrete base is being poured in that block.
“We’ll have our hands full,” he said. “You’ll see a lot of activity.”
Furfari warned merchants trucks would be parked on the road and mall access would be at a minimum.
Electricians, pipe installers and concrete and paver workers will all be on the mall, he said.
“Within the next few weeks, you’ll start to see the transformation at least in the 300 block as the concrete goes down from this dirt construction site into what it’s going to be, as a finished product,” said McLaughlin.
Contact Fichter at (609) 886-8600 Ext 30 or at: jfichter@cmcherald.com