According to Wednesday’s Rockville Gazette (“Road pavers buckle in Town Square”):
“Concrete pavers shifted along a section of Maryland Avenue last week [and throughout Town Square in front of the new Rockville Library], reshaping the new section of road from runway flat to a lunar landscape.”
Responding to the release of information on this blog, just prior to Monday’s Citizens’ Forum, City Manager, Scott Ullery stated, ‘‘We’re very disappointed to see this failure [buckling roads in Rockville Town Center] at this point in the project.”
The Gazette continues, “City officials [Ullery and Giammo] say it is too early to identify the cause of the trouble and how much the remedy might cost. One thing is certain, they say: the city is not to blame.”
The Gazette quotes Mr. Giammo claiming, ‘‘If Whiting-Turner built to design, then the failure is in the design. That’s a strong possibility to date. The issue was not in how it was built, but in the design.”
However, the Gazette reports that, “The project manager for the civil engineering company that worked on the pavers says his company is not to blame. ‘‘We feel it’s a function of the geotechnical engineers’ recommendation, [with whom Ullery worked closely with]” said Mike Plitt of Macris, Hendricks & Glascock. ‘‘We don’t feel that it’s our responsibility.”
In agreement with this blog’s Monday post, according to the Gazette, Art Chambers, Director of Community Planning said that ‘The trouble is most likely due to drainage problems. Repairing the problem means pulling up the driving surface on the affected section of Maryland Avenue.’
As reported by the Gazette, Ullery, searching for calming words, stated, ‘‘This is not Armageddon for Town Center. This is a problem that will take some weeks to fix [i.e. 8 or more weeks, as reported by this blog], but I don’t believe it will affect access to buildings [assuming you’re not driving or don’t trip over the uneven road and walkways].”
“Concrete pavers shifted along a section of Maryland Avenue last week [and throughout Town Square in front of the new Rockville Library], reshaping the new section of road from runway flat to a lunar landscape.”
Responding to the release of information on this blog, just prior to Monday’s Citizens’ Forum, City Manager, Scott Ullery stated, ‘‘We’re very disappointed to see this failure [buckling roads in Rockville Town Center] at this point in the project.”
The Gazette continues, “City officials [Ullery and Giammo] say it is too early to identify the cause of the trouble and how much the remedy might cost. One thing is certain, they say: the city is not to blame.”
The Gazette quotes Mr. Giammo claiming, ‘‘If Whiting-Turner built to design, then the failure is in the design. That’s a strong possibility to date. The issue was not in how it was built, but in the design.”
However, the Gazette reports that, “The project manager for the civil engineering company that worked on the pavers says his company is not to blame. ‘‘We feel it’s a function of the geotechnical engineers’ recommendation, [with whom Ullery worked closely with]” said Mike Plitt of Macris, Hendricks & Glascock. ‘‘We don’t feel that it’s our responsibility.”
In agreement with this blog’s Monday post, according to the Gazette, Art Chambers, Director of Community Planning said that ‘The trouble is most likely due to drainage problems. Repairing the problem means pulling up the driving surface on the affected section of Maryland Avenue.’
As reported by the Gazette, Ullery, searching for calming words, stated, ‘‘This is not Armageddon for Town Center. This is a problem that will take some weeks to fix [i.e. 8 or more weeks, as reported by this blog], but I don’t believe it will affect access to buildings [assuming you’re not driving or don’t trip over the uneven road and walkways].”
Lots more to come…
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1 comment:
It looks like what you were saying in Monday’s post was right on. The engineering company is saying it’s not their fault, the city (Ullery) is claiming that it’s not the city’s fault and the construction company is not saying anything. It looks like the city is going to be paying big bucks to litigate this thing for the next several years. How much is that going to cost?!
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