Comments on: Street LID today

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I can not find the statement for paving my driveway, but I think it was Pacific Coast Paving or DBC Paving. I would recommend getting a bid from both of them.

By: joan baus

joan baus — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It’s not only too narrow, but WAY to little depth. There are areas that have several inches drop offs. It’s nuts!

I foresee lawsuits.

By: AllCircuitsarebusyPleasetryyourcallagainlater

AllCircuitsarebusyPleasetryyourcallagainlater — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Jim,

Who was the winning bid on your job? Maybe others can get them to do their driveways now that they need a lift to reach the road.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, it is me again. I have been busy submitting comments today. I can only say that the public has been screwed. The cost of the paving LID (by my estimates) should have been closer to 18 million instead of 33 million. What is going on here is tragic. When you hire employees it is no different than if you buy something. You get what you pay for. I do not know who engineered, or wrote the contract for the paving project but I just can not believe what a terrible job was done. Last year I tried to help by meeting with the Mayor and Public Works Director. I gave them a copy of a contract that I was part of. If I remember right the contract was even with Lakeside. They obviously did not pay any attention to it.
I feel sorry for the Mayor because he is being misinformed by his employees. The first time I talked with the Mayor (early last year) he mentioned he had to deal with a paving contractor that had bid on the Paving for 2007. He said they did not even have a asphalt plant. Very few paving companies have their own plants.
When I had my driveway paved I got three bids. Lakeside bid was close to $10,000. I had it done for $4,000 and the company had to buy the asphalt from Lakeside.

By: AllCircuitsarebusyPleasetryyourcallagainlater

AllCircuitsarebusyPleasetryyourcallagainlater — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Did they not put a sidewalk in there? The “rubble” they put down and three to twelve inch chunks that would really mess up someone’s bike ride. The city approved the rock they did put down. Yes, it was WAY TO Narrow. Three feet around town would have made sense. I fear that even cars will have trouble this winter when they slide off the new road surfaces. Should be interesting…

By: joan baus

joan baus — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Do you suppose a few of those crushed rocks that people complained about could be dropped along the side of Canal between Ocean Lake Way and the church? There are drop offs that are going to break an axle or a bicycle. The contractor last year was might skimpy in this neck of the woods – all over, but there are some REAL BAD spots along there. I can’t imagine that the mail lady can get to the mail boxes!