
{"id":17536,"date":"2011-04-21T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=17536"},"modified":"2011-04-21T10:23:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T14:23:09","slug":"carrboro%e2%80%99s-big-dig-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/04\/21\/carrboro%e2%80%99s-big-dig-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrboro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s big dig continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_17537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17537\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/04\/21\/carrboro%e2%80%99s-big-dig-continues\/img_26991\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17537\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_26991.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_26991\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_26991.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_26991-113x75.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_26991-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_26991-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO BY KIRK ROSS.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>By Kirk Ross<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CARRBORO  \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The clanking of large shovels and the rumble of road rollers are still shaking up Weaver Street as work moves ahead on the  extensive rebuilding of the roadbed.<\/p>\n<p>Business owners say the noise, dust and detours have been a bother and have definitely had an impact on business.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153April is typically our busy month, and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re slower than we like \u00e2\u20ac\u201c slower than we expected,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said DeeDee Lavinder, owner of The Red Hen. The shop, which typically displays an assortment of wares in its front yard and porch, has curtailed that practice a bit due to the dust from the sewer line-replacement project in the western block of the street. But Lavinder shrugged it off, noting that it was pollen season anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Dianne Koistinen, owner of The Beehive, said running a business on the eastern block of Weaver Street, where the major road work is going on, has been a challenge. Walk-in traffic is down and the view is often less than desirable.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153They cut our phones lines twice now,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. <\/p>\n<p>The vibrations from the rollers have been intense at times, Koistinen said, but the picture window she had shored up before the project started has held.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a constant source of excitement,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said of the project.<\/p>\n<p>George Seiz, director of Carrboro Public Works, said business owners haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been shy about letting him and his staff know what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not going right with the project.<\/p>\n<p>That feedback usually comes with an understanding that this is a major rebuilding project.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Generally, people are being good sports about it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Seiz said the timetable for the project is still on track despite heavy rains that required filling back in some of the work temporarily to protect the subgrade of the road. There have also been spots that have required extra removal and replacement of material. Seiz said he still projects meeting the six-to-10 week window for completion of the east block, which will ease the minds of business owners, as well as the traffic snarls.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m encouraged by the progress,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Certainly, getting that first block done will be a good thing for all.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>But Seiz is cautious about the work ahead, even though the subgrade problems have not been extensive. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still plenty of road left to go,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about the road work or want to check the schedules and read the latest update, visit the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Weaver Street page at <a href=\"http:\/\/townofcarrboro.org\/WS\/\">townofcarrboro.org\/WS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clanking of large shovels and the rumble of road rollers are still shaking up Weaver Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17536"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17596,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17536\/revisions\/17596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}