14th Street overlay
Bids open on July 18 for the 14th Street road repair project, which includes an asphalt overlay on 14th Street between Cherokee Avenue and Armstrong Avenue in the downtown area. The asphalt overlay and additional concrete work is set to begin late summer or early fall 2016, Siemers said.
“It includes an asphalt rehabilitation — we’ll mill the edges, complete the overlay, and there will be some concrete work near Armstrong,” Siemers said. “We should see construction begin on that project in the August/September time frame.”
Nebraska Avenue concrete street repairs
The Nebraska Avenue concrete repair project consists of replacing concrete panels on Nebraska Avenue from U.S. Highway 75 to Meadowlark Lane.
“Warmer temperatures are needed to complete asphalt work, but concrete work can be completed during the colder fall and winter months. Construction on this project is scheduled to start this fall or early winter,” Siemers said.
Comanche asphalt overlay
This project, which involves Comanche Avenue from Frank Phillips Boulevard to Adams Boulevard, is set to begin next spring.
Castle asphalt overlay
Asphalt overlay work is scheduled to start on Castle between Adams Boulevard and Baylor Avenue sometime during the spring of 2017.
Penn Avenue asphalt overlay
Also set for next spring, an asphalt overlay is planned for Penn Avenue between 14th Street and Lannom Street.
Public Safety Center
One of the largest and most visible of the ongoing projects is construction of the voter-approved Bartlesville Public Safety Complex, located near Adams Boulevard and Johnstone Avenue. The complex will house a new police station and an expanded Fire Station No. 1, which is currently located on the northern portion of the site.
Bartlesville residents have no doubt noticed the steel framework that sprang up quickly once construction started in March, by Crossland Construction of Tulsa.
“We recently held the ‘top out’ ceremony for the Public Safety Complex, and work is progressing on the construction of that facility,” Siemers said.
A top out ceremony is typically done for buildings once the structural steel in place and finalized.
Funding for the $5.8 million complex was approved by voters in the 2012 bond election.
Construction is targeted to be complete this fall.
Price Fields, Phase 2
The renovation of the Price Field Complex, located on Tuxedo Boulevard near Silver Lake Road, continues with the second phase — the construction of four fields in the northwest corner.
“Bids on this phase of the project open July 18,” Siemers said. “We should start construction around the end of August or first of September. We tried to time it to coincide with baseball season, so we’re pleased that things are falling into place with it.”
The City recently completed Phase 1 of the project, the construction of four fields in the northeast corner.
The $1.75 million second phase of the project includes the new quad in the northwest corner, just west of the first phase fields, as well as a new asphalt parking lot, which will be located to the south of the first phase fields.
Johnstone Park Pavilion
The Johnstone Park Pavilion project is a multi-phase project that includes the construction of a 6,000 square-foot open-sided pavilion at the entrance of Johnstone Park, located in north Barlesville, west of the Cherokee Bridge.
The project is funded with 50/50 matching funds from the Community Development Block Grant Small Cities Set-Aside Program grant.
Phase 2 of the project consists of constructing prefabricated, precast concrete restrooms, as well as associated site and utility connection work. Siemers said the building is expected to arrive this week.
“We were delayed a little due to rain last week, but we are pouring the concrete slab now and expect the building to arrive soon,” Siemers said.
Cherokee water line project
Work began in February on the Cherokee Water Line Project, which consists of installing a new six-inch water line along the west side of Cherokee Avenue from Adams Boulevard to 14th Street.
Initially slowed by rain, drier conditions in recent weeks have allowed time on the project to be made up quickly, Siemers said.
“The main line work is done; only the cleanup and and sidewalk work remains,” Siemers said. “We will hopefully be completely finished with this project by the end of July.”