The City’s construction contractor, Barriere Construction Co., LLC is currently 35 percent complete repaving the roadways within Joe W. Brown Memorial Park. The $1.2M construction project is the second of three projects planned in the park.
Crews have completed repaving the roadways on Waterford Street from Nature Center Drive to the Farrar Canal and Nature Center Drive from Read Boulevard to Waterford Street. The parking lot off Nature Center Drive, near the main building has also been repaved.
Park patrons are reminded to respect safety fencing, barrels and signage on site and not to walk into or over excavation sites which may be up to 12 inches deep at certain sections.
Crews will next move to Phase 2 A/B of the project which includes removing and replacing existing asphalt pavement on Nature Center Dr. from Read Blvd. to the new bridge over the North Lagoon, and then continuing from the bridge to the intersection of Nature Center Dr. The $2.2M bridge over the North Lagoon was completed and re-opened to vehicular and pedestrian traffic in December 2017.
In general, construction crews will be working from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The project scope of work also includes replacing damaged portions of sidewalks, installing American with Disabilities Act-compliant ramps and minor roadway striping. Multiple construction crews will be onsite during each phase of construction. Park patrons are asked to be mindful of construction equipment, safety signage, barricades and signs. Construction equipment should not be moved from its assigned location.