Winnemucca City Council members were updated on upcoming city projects at the council meeting on Tuesday.
The members approved a cooperative agreement between the city and the Nevada Department of Transportation for the installation of gutters, curbing and sidewalks for East Winnemucca Boulevard. The city received a $300,000 federal grant from the Highway Administration for the enhancement project. The new sidewalks will join with the existing sidewalks installed by New Vision Development and run from the corner of Haskell and East Winnemucca Boulevard to just before Great Basin Avenue. City Manager/Engineer Steve West said the project would go to bid over the winter with construction in the spring. The city would be responsible for any costs over the $300,000 grant.
Chip sealing on various city streets, including Haskell Street, will begin in the first or second week of September. Once the chip sealing begins, it is expected to last about eight days. West said the city's ownership of Haskell Street was formally approved last month, and the street is now a city street.
The other streets affected by the chip sealing include National Avenue, West Fourth Street, Hanson Street, Water Canyon and streets in Water Canyon Estates.
The chip sealing is a combined project between Humboldt County and the City of Winnemucca. The city is paying for about $630,000 of the $986,575 project, and Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc., has been contracted to perform the chip seal.
Immediately after the chip sealing on Haskell Street, the city will install two additional stop signs at the intersection of Bridge and Haskell, creating a four-way stop. Turn lanes will be added to Bridge Street, and solar-powered flashing lights will be affixed to all four stop signs. The turn lanes and the new four-way stop are expected to alleviate the traffic back up that sometimes occurs at the intersection. In addition to the flashing lights on the stop signs, striping on the roads will be added to increase drivers' awareness of the four-way stop.
The intersection enhancement project at Melarkey and Winnemucca Boulevard is complete minus the wildlife cutouts which will be attached to the low walls. Striping on the crosswalks was completed Tuesday evening.
About 3,500 water meters for the new water system will be retrofitted to auto-read meters. The first phase of work will begin next spring, and will cost about $300,000, said West in a later interview. The city will buy the meters and temporary workers will clean out the old boxes. A contractor will be hired to install the new meters.
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