Archive- Main Street (Northeast Harbor) Update!

Main Street Update

It is real! The Main Street contractor will begin reclaiming Main Street first thing Tuesday morning, May 10, 2022.

Reclaiming is a slow process that involves the existing pavement being ground up and left in place to establish a better base to put new placement on than what is presently there. The reclaiming is done using a very large, loud machine that will travel the length of Main Street three or four times. This will make travel along Main Street by vehicles difficult and slow at times, impassable at other times for periods of time.

We ask that if you do not need to travel Main Street to please use alternative routes around it. The ground up pavement, also known as grindings, will be used to build the proper cross slopes of the roadway and establish the required elevations along it. If the amount of grindings produced is not enough, additional material will be brought in. If there are too many grindings produced they will be removed from the site. Once the material is graded to proper slopes and elevations it will be compacted followed by the first layer of pavement being placed for the summer. The surface layer will be placed in the fall.

The work that was being done last week by the contractor involved lowering water service valves to below the depth that the reclaim machine will be grinding. This type of work will also be done to the sanitary sewer manholes and storm water catch basins. These will all be raised to the final elevation prior to placing the surface layer – final layer- of pavement. The estimated schedule for reclaiming, grading thru paving the first layer of pavement is as follows:

Tentatively scheduled for:

May 10, 11 and 12; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: Reclaiming existing pavement

May 13, 14 and 16; Friday, Saturday, and Monday: shaping/grading the road to proper slopes and elevations

May 17, 18 and 19, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: paving first layer of pavement

All concerned appreciate the business owners and public’s patience as the project slowly draws to a close for the summer. The final day allowed for work, likely related to clean up, is May 27th.

 

Tony Smith, Public Works DirectorChairman, Acadia Disposal DistrictTown of Mount DesertP.O. Box 248Northeast Harbor, Maine 04662Tel. 207-276-5743Fax. 207-276-5742director@mtdesert.org