Community

Date: July 18, 2018

To: Residents of W St Joseph Street

From: Village of Lawrence / Prein&Newhof

Project #: 2170049

Re: W St Joseph Street Resurfacing [80141-129846]

The reconstruction and widening project along W St Joseph Street will begin Monday, July 23.

As part of this project, W St Joseph Street will be widened and the existing road surface will be milled and repaved from the West Village limits to Paw Paw Street. W St Joseph Street will remain open to traffic during the duration of the project.

Schedule:

July 23, 2018: Project begins, sidewalk removals and excavation

August 3, 2018: Westbound widening area paving

August 17, 2018: Eastbound widening area paving

August 19, 2018: Cold milling from West Village limits to Paw Paw Street

August 24, 2018: Paving base and leveling course for entire project

August 31, 2018: Project Completion

Dennis Todd of Prein&Newhof (dtodd@preinnewhof.com) will be the Village’s field

representative during construction. We encourage you to visit the website at

https://www.preinnewhof.com/st-joseph-st/ to track progress and related general information.

Thank you for your cooperation and patience during this construction project.

Should you have any questions regarding any of the specific topics within this notice, please

contact Dan Faulkner at the Village of Lawrence by calling 269-674-8161 or email to

manager@lawrencemi.org.

As you know, Two Rivers Coalition (TRC) is hosting a series of paddles this summer to celebrate the opening of the Paw Paw River Water Trail. I wanted to let you know that we have set the schedule for the community paddle in Lawrence which will be Saturday morning July 28. We hope that representatives of local government such as the Lawrence Township board and the Lawrence village council will join us for this paddle.

We will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Lawrence River Park on CR 215. We will unload boats and then stage vehicles 3 river miles downstream at the 54th Street bridge access. Because of the guardrails near the 54th St bridge, we will park cars on the edge of the road north of the bridge. We will try to launch by 10:00 a.m. and it should be a 1 1/2 to 2 hour float down to 54th Street. At normal water levels, we consider this to be a beginner level segment of the water trail. We have a contractor lined up to work on this stretch of river, most likely next week.

For people who don’t have their own boat, TRC does have a limited supply of loaner kayaks, paddles, and life jackets available, and I want to give first dibs on these loaner boats to members of the township board and village council. Please share this information with your board/council and have anyone interested in using a loaner boat contact me (kevinhaight58@gmail.com) by Wednesday July 25. RSVP is required for the loaner boats, but not for folks bringing their own boats to the event.

After the paddle, we will try try to meet up at a local business for lunch/refreshments. Hope to see you on the river!

The parade starts at the Lawrence schools at 10:00 am and continues to Pioneer Cemetery for a short benediction then to the Village park memorial.

8:30 pm will be the 1200 luminary celebration at the Lawrence Township Cemetery.