The construction work proceeds and real progress is seen.
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- This work was done in early July in front of the Governor’s mansion. In a bit of construction humor, two “No Parking” signs are planted at the bottom of the hole.
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- A small excavator was used for part of the sidewalk removal. Here its arm frames part of its work.
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- The sidewalk is gone and the driveway will be going shortly.
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- In watching the work, one of the surprises to me is the amount of work that is still done by hand. Here workers finish a trench in our front yard.
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- The first layer of the road had been put down and now a rather nifty piece of equipment comes in to put in the roadside curb and gutter.
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- Working in tandem with a concrete truck, the curb and gutter making equipment moves slowly down the road.
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- The people controlling these machines have to be pretty skilled to make sure everything is occurring at the right pace and that they are staying on line.
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- The finishing work on the gutters is done by one guy with a simple hand tool who walks behind gutter extruder.
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- When the extruding machine is done for the day, it can be raised about two feet and then is spray cleaned on site.
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- The curb and gutter are finally in.
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- The next step is for the road builders to lay down another layer of sand and gravel, which this grader levels.
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- A dump truck supplies the road grader with the sand and gravel needed to level the road.
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- The gutters are in and the road is a road once more, even if we can’t actually drive on it yet.
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