Retaining wall, new sidewalk considered – The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Improvements planned at Leclaire Park

Cody King cking@edwpub.net

Photo: Bill Tucker Intelligencer

Leclaire Park will be getting a retaining wall installed in the coming weeks.

Leclaire Park will be getting a retaining wall installed in the coming weeks.

Retaining wall, new sidewalk considered

Leclaire Lake is going to get a significant upgrade in the coming weeks.

As discussed at last weeks Administrative and Community Services Committee meeting, Public Works recommended the approval to award Keller Construction, Inc. the base bid amount of $124,124.33 for the installation of a retaining wall and replacement of the sidewalk.

The wall will be along the east side of the lake, parallel to Madison Avenue and will also include the removal and replacement of the sidewalk, removal and reinstallation of a concrete fence and removal and replacement of the storm sewer.

Alderman Will Krause said this park improvement is definitely necessary to improve the site.

Its got to get fixed and its going to be a park improvement, visually to the area. Aesthetically, I think it will also help cut down on our moss issue that we have on that side for numerous years now, Krause said.

The Leclaire Lake project includes a base bid of 325 feet of retaining wall installation and an alternate bid, which includes 421 feet.

The retaining wall, along with the other park improvements, will improve pedestrian mobility and safety along Madison Avenue and around the park as a whole.

City Engineer Ryan Zwijack said if approved by City Council, prior to the installation, the lake will need to be lowered to accommodate the contractors.

The lake will be slightly lowered to a level of five to six feet. They have a range at which they have to keep it so the contractors dont pump it all out and kill all the fish. They have to keep it within a certain range, Zwijack said.

The project received a total of three bids, with the base bid amounts ranging from $124,124.33 from Keller Construction, Inc., $139,240.41 from RCS Construction, Inc. and $143,259.60 from Stutz Excavating, Inc. The engineers estimate for the base bid was $150,000.

Following approval from Council, Director of Public Works Eric Williams said contractors are hoping to have the project completed before the school year starts.

By the time, if Council approves and contracts are executed, the (time) blocks I believe will be 30 to 45 days, Williams said. I know they were trying to get it done before school starts.

As discussion came to a close, aldermen Will Krause, Art Risavy and SJ Morrison took a vote.

Krause made the motion, seconded by Risavy.

The motion was subsequently approved at Wednesday's Council meeting.

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