
{"id":19112,"date":"2011-06-23T09:33:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T13:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=19112"},"modified":"2011-06-23T09:33:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T13:33:40","slug":"east-weaver-could-see-reopening-celebration-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/06\/23\/east-weaver-could-see-reopening-celebration-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"East Weaver could see reopening celebration soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Susan Dickson<\/strong><em><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CARRBORO  \u00e2\u20ac\u201c If construction work on East Weaver Street continues as planned over the next several days, the block could be opened by next weekend, with a reopening celebration possible upon completion of the work. <\/p>\n<p>The Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday voted 4-1 to approve a tentative reopening celebration in which the street would be closed to cars but open to pedestrians and cyclists. However, the board didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t schedule a date for the celebration, since the contractor is unsure when exactly the construction work will be finished because of weather and other factors. <\/p>\n<p>Board member Sammy Slade proposed the event as a way to celebrate the businesses and community. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard of businesses on Weaver Street that have been helping each other out and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very encouraging to hear that,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I see this closing of the street as an opportunity to that end.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>The yearlong project to replace the street\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s collapsing roadbed and the 80-year-old sewer line beneath it began in the east block in March and will move to the west block once the work on East Weaver is complete. East Weaver Street businesses have said the work \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which has kept the block closed for several months \u00e2\u20ac\u201c has hampered business and they are eager for the street to be opened. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve made considerable visible progress in getting the rock base down in place, and what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s called the binder course of asphalt was put down in the last two days,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Carrboro Public Works director George Seiz. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not done yet.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>Seiz said he and his staff have spoken with representatives of businesses on East Weaver Street \u00e2\u20ac\u201c including the Spotted Dog, Maple View Ice Cream, the Beehive salon, Weaver Street Market and Carr Mill Mall \u00e2\u20ac\u201c regarding the reopening celebration. All of the business representatives except for Nathan Milian, manager of Carr Mill Mall, said they would support delaying the reopening of the street to automobiles for a day in order to hold the reopening celebration, according to Seiz, who said Milian said he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think the celebration would benefit businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Town Manager Steve Stewart said it would be difficult for staff to plan a significant celebration because the date is uncertain. Slade said he would work to let the community know about it in a short period of time, since it is likely that the town will only have about 24 hours to spread the word. <\/p>\n<p>Board member Randee Haven-O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Donnell voted against the measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not comfortable flying by the seat of our pants to make this happen,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m more concerned that the engineering and the construction go exactly as the people doing the work planned it to go. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I like the idea in theory, but in practice it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s becoming a nightmare.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>In other action Tuesday night, the board voted unanimously to approve its $18.5 million fiscal year 2011-12 budget, which includes no property-tax increase for the third year running. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to approve a tentative reopening celebration in which the street would be closed to cars but open to pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19112","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19112"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19248,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19112\/revisions\/19248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}