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July 4, 2012
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With new home starts down, The Lakes is one place where most of this year’s new single family dwellings are being built. ...............................
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LAKE COUNTRY crews and equipment work on the upgrade to Lodge Road Thursday.
District has three projects currently on the go BOBBI-SUE MENARD
Hot band The Battle of Santiago brings its Cuban-Afro rock to Creekside Theatre in Lake Country on July 12. ...............................
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Summer holidays are here and major infrastructure projects in the District of Lake Country are in full swing. Here are three projects that will impact the dayto-day life of residents over the summer.
SWALWELL PARK The recent heavy rains have delayed the paving of the Swalwell Park parking lot. Steve Schaffrick, parks director with the District of Lake Country, had hoped the paving would be complete
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by the July 1 long weekend. “It looks like next week,� Schaffick said. “As soon as paving is done, we will have the parking lot lines and then we can open it up.�
LODGE ROAD The Lodge Road traffic circle project is on track and progressing well, said Greg Buchholz, operations manager with the District of Lake Country. After the long weekend, the road will be closed to all but locals who live on the road. The district will open a
portion of Lodge Road to farm-gate sales towards the end of the July, so the businesses will be able to serve customers. “We are a bit ahead,� Buchholz said. “The contractor got an early start. The upgrade and roundabout should be substantially complete, prior to the start of school. “Our goal is a safe place for kids to walk with bike lanes� Buchholz said.
CAMP ROAD There have been ongoing issues with flooding and drainage on
Camp Road. The signs went up about a month ago telling Camp Road users about the upcoming project. The flooding came about because the old creek bed had been filled in with years of development leaving no water drainage route until the current upgrades are complete. The district is having an entire drainage network installed so water will run off into the ground. As well, “whenever we do a road improvement project we are looking to incorporate active transportation,� explained
Buchholz. To reach that goal, a paved pathway along Camp Road is being installed, because of the speed of traffic. Work on Camp Road started a week ago Monday. It will be completed in three parts—drainage work, road grinding and resurfacing, then the path. There will be single lane alternating traffic during most of the project with several days of detours during the resurfacing. Residents along Camp Road were visited by district staff who ex-
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plained the project and expected impact on residents’ travel patterns. “We’re trying to do a better job of communicating about why we are doing it and what it is going to look like,� Buccholz said. Buchholz would like to remind residents and drivers, to please be patient and respect the workers as there have been issues with speeding and rudeness towards the people doing their jobs. “Most people are good to the crews; we just want to remind people this project is to benefit the community.�