Last week, while reviewing infrastructure on Main Street in Downtown Concord in the wake of the upcoming redesign of the city’s main drag, the General Services Department found a rather large sinkhole at the street’s intersection with Warren Street.
According to officials, the sinkhole measured eight feet in circumference and was about 10 feet deep. Sixteen cubic yards of “flowable fill” was used to fill the void.
It is unknown what caused the sinkhole.
Department employees examined the entire street in the wake of this discovery and found no other areas with sinkhole problems.
Council approves timeline
Speaking of the upcoming Main Street redesign, the Concord City Council on Dec. 10, approved on its consent agenda a revised project schedule for the Downtown Complete Streets Project.
The following meetings have been schedule to “maintain the constrained project schedule” and “solicit public comment,” according to a memo by City Engineer Ed Roberge.
Design team review meetings will be held on Dec. 18, and Jan. 15, 2013. A public hearing with the city council will be held on Feb. 11, 2013. Two more design team review meetings will be held on March 12, 2013, and April 16, 2013, with another city council public hearing held on May 13, 2013.
Roberge noted that the schedule “allows for concept development and review so that project critical path decisions can be made in advance of key project milestones.” Estimates and environmental permitting is slated for March 8, 2013, with final plans to be approved by June 14, 2013.
Exact meeting locations will be posted on the city’s government calendar online.
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