The 10th Street project is still on schedule to have the new bridge open for traffic in December 2020. A revised project schedule was submitted to the City on May 6th, 2020 confirming the December 2020 opening. The project is also on budget.

One major issue encountered was movement/settlement of the building that is remaining in place. On April 15th,it was brought to the City’s attention there was noticeable settlement of the foundation of 994 1stAve. East, which raised concerns with the design engineers. Based on information received from the design engineers an Order to Remedy Unsafe Building was issued by the Chief Building Officer on April 17th, 2020. This necessitated the relocation of the tenants as a precautionary measure until the building is deemed safe for occupancy. The contractor has continued to monitor the building and as of May 20th, 2020 it appears there is very little if any movement of the building.

Moving forward the contractor plans to have three crews working onsite. One crew will be installing the bridge abutment on the west side, a second crew will be installing H-piles and the east side and a third crew will be completing water main work leading from 2nd Ave. West towards the bridge in anticipation of installing water mains across the bridge when the time comes.

The latest video was filmed on May 20th, 2020, on the project site.The new video should be available and posted on the City’s web site and on social media within a week of filming.

source: Staff report to council, May 25, 2020

photo: courtesy of the McLeish family