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Washington Boulevard gets paved

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City of Lakewood announcement.

We’re crossing our fingers for more sunshine (or at least minimal rain) so that the paving on Washington Boulevard is completed this week.

The paving will occur on the section that is currently closed. It is one of the last steps needed before this section of road can reopen.

Here is the tentative paving schedule for this week, weather permitting:

  • Tuesday: Vernon Avenue between Veterans Drive and Washington Boulevard. The base lift will be done.
  • Wednesday: Vernon Avenue north of Washington Boulevard. This section will be paved, along with driveways and a couple of sections west and east of Vernon that need a base lift.
  • Thursday: To place the top lifts throughout these sections we need the weather to be dry. Right now, the forecast doesn’t look good. If the rain holds off, the last overlay of Vernon between Veterans and Moreland and Washington Boulevard between Edgewood Drive and Vernon Avenue will be done. If the weather does not cooperate this will be pushed into next week.

Once all paving is complete, the contractor will need to perform some additional preparation tasks including adjusting utility castings and signage and then we can reopen all of Vernon Avenue and the section of Washington Boulevard between Edgewood Drive and Vernon Avenue.

The final closure of Washington Boulevard could come as soon as April 24, again assuming weather cooperates. This section runs from Lake City Boulevard to Interlaaken Drive.

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  1. If there is any paving material left over, there are a few big potholes on Nyanza Rd. SW
    that could use filling.

    Thanks.

  2. Hopefully they will also be repairing the lawns they tore up to replace water lines as well. I’ve got a nice strip of dirt and rocks in my yard that is approximately 12 feet by 2 feet in my front yard that they’ll need to address by either resodding or raking up the rocks and add topsoil and seed so that the grass will regrow.
    With the rain we’ve been getting of late we’re going to have to start mowing our lawns again soon and that’s not currently possible with the rock patch in my front yard.
    Things should look nice when the project is completed.