THE WAIT IS NEARLY OVER FOR MORNINGSIDE RESIDENTS IN THE 3000 BLOCK AREA OF SOUTH CORNELIA WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING ALMOST THREE MONTHS FOR THEIR STREET TO REOPEN.
THAT PART OF THE STREET COLLAPSED IN MID OCTOBER BECAUSE OF A WATER MAIN BREAK, AND JUST AS REPAIRS WERE BEING COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 22, A PERSON RUINED FRESHLY POURED CONCRETE BY DRIVING THROUGH IT AFTER GOING AROUND A BARRICADE.
CITY ENGINEER GORDON PHAIR SAID FRIDAY THAT THE LATEST REPAIRS WERE NEARLY FINISHED:
CORNELIA1 OC………SURE THEY DID. :20
THE STREET WOULD HAVE LIKELY BEEN OPENED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS IF THAT DRIVER HADN’T DRIVEN ON THE FRESH CONCRETE:
CORNELIA2 OC………276 FEET. :33
PHAIR SAYS THE REBUILD OF THE RUINED REPAIRS WAS NOT CHEAP:
CORNELIA3 OC……100,000. :24
PHAIR SAYS THEY HOPED TO HAVE THE STREET REOPENED BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OR BECAUSE OF THE RECENT WEATHER BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
KSCJ Photos from January 4th
