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■P Page &-A—THE BRUNSWICK BEACON, Thursday. October 15. 1987 BY DOUG RUTTER Calabasli town council .Monday unanimously xiuthorized an engineer ing study and water system design to be completed by I.ewis & Associates of Shallotte at a cost of $9,000. The vote followed an e.xecutive ses sion during which town board members and town attorney Mike Ramos discussed possible property owner assessment measures for water line extensions. The proposed water lines are to ex tend from N.C. 179 at the Calabash traffic light, down Ivey High Raad. along Oak Street parallel to the Calabash River and back up River- view Drive to N.C. 179. According to Alan I.ewis of Ix'wis & Associates, the estimated cost of water line installation to the entire loop would be about $65,000 if a $9,500 Calabash Council Approves Water Engineering Study ma.ster meter is included along with a fire hydrant. Boiird members expre.s.scd the luv tion that the master meter was not necessary if the town remains on the county water system. Mayor Doug Simmons said. "1 believe we could do without the master meter, and that would cut down on quite a bit of the co.st right there." Board members did agree that a fire hydrant would be needed for the sake of future building projects along the waterfront. Calabash Council also di.scussed the possibility of installing the loop in phases over a period of a few years. The general concensus of council was to first install water lines down Ivey High Road and to part of Oak Street and then continue the lines at a later date for the remainder of Oak Street and Riverview Drive. Discusses Variance Council also di.scu.ssed but took no action on a zoning variance re quested Sept, n by the Comfort Inn hotel chain. Representative Bill Cockayne had asked that the com pany be allowed to construct a 900-unit, three-story. ^0-foot high structure. Calabash Building Inspector Bill Dunker .said the planning bo;ird ap proved the variance at its Oct. 1 meeting, bni fh-at the hotel liad since changed its plans. He .said plans for the structure now call for ;i ^7-foot structure with only 80 units. Dunker .sjnd the planning boiird would have to review the new plans and act on the .Kljusted variance re quest at a future meeting. He also said the fire department had no problems with the request since Carolina Shores Resort was granted a similar variance years ago. Board members stressed that they wanted an assurance that the hotel liad secured sewer service and a sprinkler system before adopting the variance. Ramos said, "Before, we’ve been looking at pretty inconsequential things. Now we’ve got a major building in the center of town on our major thoroughf.:>rp. We l>ave to be a little more careful with this." Reviews Contract Also Monday, council continued to discu.ss a contract extension with Bill Jordan of Little River Trash Service. After reviewing the contract. Ramos .Siiid he added specifics con cerning liability coverage for the workers. Ramos .said the previous contract did not limit the coverage at all. He added a scries of statements setting the coverage at $250,000 per per.son and a toUd of $1 million. Ramas .s^iid this was "the minimum coverage available considering the activity in volved.” Ramos also raised the point that the contract di«l not addre.ss the issue of town growth and the related de mand for increasc-d services. He said the contract should include a renewal clause whereby the terms of the contract could be altered after a certain level of growth. Jordan agreed that he .should be compensated for more work as the town grows :ind .said he would Board Awards Contract For Shallotte Bypass After several decades of planning and po.stponcmcnt. work is scheduled to begin on the U.S. 17 bypass around Shallotte next month. The North Carolina Board of Transportation awarded the $1.52 million construction contract Oct. 9 to Veccllio and Grogan. Inc. of Beckley, W.Va. That phase of the construction is to be completed in ap- pro.ximately one year, in November 1988. The project involves removing trees and brush from a 2.3-mile cor ridor west of Shallotte between Old Shallotte and .Mulberry roads and leveling and smoothing the area so it can be paved. Drainage culverts to carry Mulberry Branch and Lookout Branch under the road will also be constructed. The contract is one of three related to the bypass. Next sununer the board is expected to award a contract for grading the final 2.5 miles of the bypass. Following its completion the board will award a contract to pave the bypass, hopefully in the sununer of 1990. The bypa.ss is one phase in the four-laning of U.S. 17 from Bell Swamp (Winnabowt to the South Carolina state line that is expected to be completed in the fall of 1993. Vecellio and Grogan Inc. was the lowest of seven bidders on the bypass project, with the bid coming up about 20 percent below depart mental estimates. The Transportation Board also approved other routine items, in cluding $60,000 for improvements to the south end stoplight intersection of U.S. 17 and N.C. 130 West: $2,500 for adjusting manhole covers and valves on U.S. 17 in Shallotte; $30,000 to cover the remaining costs of im provements to the Southern Area Schools road at Boiling Spring 1 jkes; $40,000 for grading, draining and stabilizing of Old Georgetown Road; and a $30,000 increase in spot stabilization funds for use countywide. Doug Bowers, DOT Division 3 engineer, said the $60,000 is not enough to do proposed improvements to the south-end intersection, but will cover preliminary engineering and related work. "Then we will seek more funding," he added. The department proposes to widen U.S. 17-and N.C. 130 as it ap proaches U.S. 17— to provide extended left turn lanes. Sunset Beach Bridge Gets Needed Repairs BY DOUG RUTTER Cox said repairs to the bridge last riic N.C. Department of Transpor- week included the replacement of tation averted potential disaster last one cap, seven joists and several week by completing much-needed decking boards at the bridge’s nor- repairs on the Sunset Beach bridge. them end. According to Robert Cox. bridge maintenance SupeiTi.sor for the N.C. Division of Highways in Wilmington. "There was quite a bit of danger with He said the repairs were made following a recommendation for "prompt action" by a team of DOT bridge inspectors. The bridge was closed for o four hours last Wednesdav when ie«i^Aristokraft Puts Beauty V, In The Bathroom DOT workers replaced a rotted cap. Bridge maintenance employee Paul Wolfe described the caps as wooden ties which are bolted to the bottom of the bridge along its width. He said they are mounted 17 feet, six inches apart and basically help .sup port the bridge’s weight. Cox said the replaced cap had rot ted through in the center, directly ,ifxl otN'f at vt»uf t#rut*nN*ntr in thiN altftUtist' stof.tK*’ unit Arntokf.ilt (onihirx's thi* vi*rAatiU' NMtufrs tkik v\ilh Itw liuriinKton sf\lr to tiring tn-w to thi* iMth Stafvl.ird ti**itiif»*\ iikr Amtr»* tlnl^tH^i ifi!«-nof jin.tiHt aktamst Hutt> and stams ( Burlin»* ton N t Kami arnl ImmuTy thi\ Munnin^ oUtH tioo ot vaniticA ^ill hiyhluihl an\ tuth AnSTOKTOn SIAFI PHOIOB* DOUGRUIliP DOT WORKEItS replace a rutted cap on the Sunset Beach Bridge last Wednesday. Recent repairs to the bridge also included the replacement of seven broken joists and several decking boards. This ' !u*ht bar r4‘aturi>\ a i nrasv Un k plati* aaii mk (nni Come see our display of cabinets and vanities •lorge inventory in stock* SEA COAST TRADING CO. SHALLOTTE • 754-6630 Our South Brunswick Islands team DAMNIE SHtFIIIlL) DA\ ID KEAION I J III ...always ready to serve you! CALL 754-4488 Ydur Household word ir'R. 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"It wouldn’t have taken much longer to totally crii.sh tluit c:ip.” he said. “And who knows what would have happened then” Cox said if the cap had snapped, an entire span of the bridge would luive had no support ticross its width and that the joists would have been the only thing supporting its weight. Wolfe said the caps usually la.st about 15 years depending on traffic and salt content in the water. He said that in the case of Sunset Beach, Uie cap probably rotted because of relatively heavy traffic and saltwater in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Cox also said seven joists were replaced early last week after they had apparently been broken by ex cessively heavy loads crossing tlie bridge. All but one of thc.se joists, he .said. were on the northern side of the bridge where the broken cap was located. Cox said the joists support the bridge lengthwise, as opposed to the caps which support the bridge along its width. He added that the joists also support the decking of the bridge. There arc nine joists in each span. Two of the broktni ones were lorateil in "span 6" where the rotted cap was located, he said. Early last week, bridge iiuiintenancc employees also replac ed decking in the bridge where it joins the mainland on its north side. Cox said it would take about two weeks before ei co.st of the repairs could be detcmiined. He Sciid the la.st time e.xtensivc work was done on the bridge was in June of 1986 when two caps were replaced. (ox explained, “Whenever iinything is built 20 or 25 years ago it's getting up in age. You have to ex pect some trouble." lie said the bridge was built in 1950 and that nornuil wear and tear ac cumulates until the bridge is hard to maintain. _Co.\ estimated it costs between $/fl,000 .-111(1 $90,000 per year to keep the bridge operational. MONDAY-FRIDAY 7-6 SATURDAY 8-1 754-4435 DOWNTOWN SHALLOTTE SHALLOTTE SUPPLY Phone (919)754-6000 Shallotte. NC BRUNSWICK COUNTY'S FIRST SITE PREPARATION Clearing«Fill Dirt'Top Soil»Grading SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS everything from Permit Applications to Installation of Conventional and Low-Pressure Systems PAVING from Home Driveways to Small Business Parking Lots NO JOB IS TOO SMALL! F&R DEVELOPMEHT, INC. Hwy. 130, Holden Beach Rd., 416 miles from Shallotte 842-4003»Mon-Sat9-5, Sun 1-5 tabulate .some nimibcr.s reflecting current .ser^’ice. ■Iordan bad a.sked for a five-year exten.sion on hi.s contract last month, and urged council to approve the ex tension iK'forc a changeover in coun cil member.ship following the 1987 general election next month. I’lanners Heard In other business Monday, council heard from two engineering con- siiltaiiLs interested in designing the land use plan at Calabiish. Like several consultants heard at earlier meetings. James Hinkley of Planning South Inc. and Bill Burnett of Henry Von Oesen & Associates presented council with literature and cxpre.ssed intcrc.st in working with the town in developing its land use plan.
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