{"id":108940,"date":"2015-10-12T21:40:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T03:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/paradise-village-behind-schedule\/"},"modified":"2015-10-12T21:40:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T03:40:57","slug":"paradise-village-behind-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/paradise-village-behind-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Village behind schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Traffic navigates around the construction on Edith Street. Rain has delayed aspects of the Paradise Village project.<\/span>Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The roughly $2.3 million water, sewer and road overhaul of the Paradise Village neighborhood is trucking along, but the project continues to depend on the weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur contract went through Nov. 13 to get the work complete, which we\u2019re not going to meet because we\u2019ve some setbacks \u2013 and a huge setback with (last week\u2019s) weather,\u201d said Cortez Public Works director Phil Johnson.<\/p>\n

Crews also have been grappling with retrofitting infrastructure, he said.<\/p>\n

Despite the setbacks, utilities, curbs, gutters and sidewalks will be installed by deadline, Johnson said, but road repaving may be delayed if asphalt plants stop production because of the weather.<\/p>\n

Residents who have spent the past few months dealing with the construction say they\u2019re eager to see the dust settle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is bordering on insane,\u201d said a frustrated Brookside Drive resident. \u201cWe have to park a couple blocks away. I came back in town from a trip and had to walk a few blocks with my luggage.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, water and sewer work on Brookside Drive and sewer work on Aldridge Road are completed. Water mains and sewer tie-ins on Edith Street, Garrison Drive and Livesay Drive and paving on Brookside are scheduled to begin this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll underground utilities should be done by deadline, but we won\u2019t be getting the paving done until after winter hits,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cIf the asphalt batch shuts down due to weather, we can\u2019t pave.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association, El Ni\u00f1o is strengthening and is likely to peak in late fall or early winter.<\/p>\n

\u201cTemperature and precipitation impacts from El Ni\u00f1o are likely to be seen during the upcoming months,\u201d NOAA said.<\/p>\n

Johnson said Public Works plans to get the roads winter-ready and drivable until paving can be done in spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still talking materials, but the idea would be to prep everything like we\u2019re going to pave. We\u2019re thinking of using a Class 6 concrete that is compact and sheds water. Ultimately, we\u2019re going to have roads that are drivable and will be maintained in the winter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The contractor for the project \u2013 a joint effort of the Cortez Sanitation District and Public Works \u2014 is Redpoint Contracting of Denver.<\/p>\n

Paradise Village was selected for the overhaul because of its old infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s largely concrete pipe infrastructure,\u201d sanitation superintendent Phil Starks said at a March 17 public meeting, adding that 50 percent of the sewer lines\u2019 concrete walls have eroded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have trouble cleaning the lines because it strips it. We have to be extremely gentle. We\u2019d probably see a lot more sewer backups down the line if we don\u2019t get this replaced. \u2026 We\u2019re not just replacing them \u2013 we\u2019re upgrading to the newest industry standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

The neighborhood is built on hot soil, which means that the chemical makeup of the ground contributes to corrosion of its metal water lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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