so with virtually no public notice (unless I missed it), it appears that a large chunk of the Northbank Riverwalk will be closed for the next two months. Here's a link to more information. This is a much needed project (especially for the Landing), but better notice would have been nice.
https://www.jea.com/Landing_project/?utm_source=DISN+-+Overland+Bridge+%26+Riverwalk+January+4%2C+2016&utm_campaign=DISN+-+Northbank+Riverwalk+%26+Overland+Bridge&utm_medium=email
We will see how much interference this creates but it is a huge portion of the Riverwalk.
Not so much when you compare it to the total length of the river walk.........but the anchor middle. You really don't want to go through that area where the bypass pipe will be laid on the river walk, pavers along the outdoor dining along the river.
Before the construction of The Landing the city inspected the 54" sewer line my sending a diver down the line with lights and camera. When my days at work were difficult I used to think about that diver.
In case anyone was wondering what a 54" sewer main looks like:
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54" dia sewer line is bigger than that. Picture a thing, round as high as the adjacent hand rail.
I believe that is the temporary above ground line being used while the larger 54" line is replaced, in place, underground.
The Seton building is being torn down.
From the RAP facebook page: Community Notice: In mid-March, St. Vincent's will say goodbye to a historic building on its riverfront property. The Seton Building opened in 1952 and housed St. Vincent's nursing school for three decades. It was home to an array of business operations after the nursing school closed in 1973. In recent years, repairs to the facility have grown and the building is no longer up to code. For that reason, Seton will be taken down beginning March 14.
While implosion and/or wrecking balls would make fast work of the demolition, St. Vincent's instead will take the building down piece by piece with a crane. This will minimize dust and vibrations to the surrounding areas. Beginning Friday, February 5th, St. Vincent's will be fencing the area around the building. This will close off a section of the Riverwalk behind St. Vincent's Medical Center until the project is completed – which is currently projected until August 1, 2016.
"St. Vincent's is part of the Riverside/Avondale neighborhood and have been for nearly 100 years. We are doing our part to protect the river and nearby historic homes during this demolition," said Lester Del Rosario, Senior Project Manager of Ascension Health Planning Design & Construction at St. Vincent's.
Demolition is expected to go through the end of June. At some point, St. Vincent's will build on the land but there are currently no plans for development."