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Collinsville,
Oklahoma
October
25, 2010
Construction
Update
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Streetscape
/ S-Curve / Jail /
West
Sewer
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(email questions/comments to wrightted@aol.com).
Ted Wright -- last update 10/25/2010 (ConstructionOct25.html)
www.cvilleok.com
Copyright 2010 -- Collinsville, Oklahoma
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The
old wide sidewalks from 10th to 9th on Main will soon be torn out and replaced
with narrower sidewalks, new light poles without overhead power lines, and corner
bumpouts as the phase II streetscape project begins. The other phase II block
is from 12th to 13th. (Previous Coverage)
The
new City of Collinsville jail is making good progress with the exterior brick
now covering portions of the cinder block walls. (Previous
Coverage)
Utility
relocation for the S-Curve "straighting" project has been under way
for a few weeks with the activity above at the corner of 16th and Main.
Some
may be surprised that the S-Curve project actually will reach all the way to
14th Street (with 4 lanes) to where Main Street is already wider downtown. I
still have not heard officially if the other end reaches the high school or
just to the nursing home? (Previous
Coverage) (New S-Curve Map).
I
don't know if there is a "Project" planned to replace the brick surface
following a utility repair (and temporary? gravel fill) made several months
ago (by the Post Office & Jail) at 11th & Center. But there should be!
-- Ted
Plaza
Editorial Revisited
(4+ Years Later)
Construction
of the new city sewer line on the south side of Highway 20 west towards Highway
75 has been in progress for several weeks now. These stacks of pipe are near
97th E. Ave. but some section of pipe are already underground further west of
town. (Previous Coverage)
This
vintage steel sidewalk ramp (west of the Library) onto 13th Street will soon
be replaced with a corner bumpout and multiple ramps like those already completed
from 12th to 10th.
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Plaza
& Bench Revisited
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I'm not disappointed
that there is still no "formal" plaza as I was not (and am still
not) a fan of closing 12th Street at Main Street next to City Hall. But
it seems odd that that there was such a rush to close the street back
in 2005 for a "Centennial" plaza and almost 5 years later there
is nothing there other than the phase I streetscape design to block the
street (and a Survivor Tree).
I still hope a functional street will someday be restored..
-- Ted Wright -- Oct. 25, 2010
-- Sample Previous Coverage:
Dec. 2001 Street Closed following City Hall Fire
Nov. 2005 Plaza Plans
March 2006 Street
Closing Editorial
Sept. 2008 Centennial
Bench In Plaza for just a few days
Dec. 2008 OKC Survivor Tree |
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| As a side note, I've
often wondered if the "Centennial" bench (which made a brief
appearance Sept. 11, 2008 on the Plaza sidewalk above ) would ever re-appear
in public. The last time I saw it was in city storage (see 2009 photo
below). My theory at the time, was that it was taken off the plaza for
fear of skateboarder "grinding", but it seems it could still
be used somewhere else indoors? -- Ted Wright Oct. 25, 2010 |
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