All Night Paving Means All Night Asphalt Production
By 250 News
Monday, July 07, 2008 08:01 PM
Prince George, B.C. – Residents along North Nechako Road, west of Foothills Boulevard may be hearing some noise overnight from the Pittman Asphalt plant.
The plant has the contract for Ministry of Transportation repaving activity as well as the paving of the Airport runway extension. That means the plant has an exemption from the City's Noise bylaw.
The majority of work will be done from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 am and the asphalt plant will have to gear up to provide material during that time.
The work is expected to start July 14th and wrap up on the 28th.
The plan is to pave through the night during 3, two day sessions and another session in August.
The overnight work is meant to reduce the impact on traffic, and allow the airport to continue its operations.
As was the case with last year’s paving operations, several steps will be taken to minimize the impact on nearby residents.
�� Backup beepers from the loaders operating at the plant will be disconnected.
�� Milling of pavement will be completely done before paving starts therefore reducing thenumber of days the plant will operate during the contract’s duration.
�� The plant will be operational only when absolutely necessary.
�� All noise complaints will be reviewed to determine if the noise is from the plant operations or some other source.
Councilor Don Zurowski says again, there are two situations which will impact residents "It is going to be disruptive to some degree , least disruptive if done at night. I' not sure how this measures compared to previous years, but I think this is something we simply have to do. For the 20 days, in my view, we've just got to do it."
Councilor Sherry Sethen says this is the best time to do what needs to be done "We are dealing with it the best we can."
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Posted by: MoneKate on July 8 2008 8:12 AM
I can only assume that there are Important People from WCB living on North Nechako Drive that find the back up beepers intrusive.
Therefore, in this case, it is OK to have the safety equipment on heavy equipment disconnected, while working in the dark with operators that would normally be asleep, under extreme pressure to get the job done in a small window of time, just for the convenience of the same people that said safety equipment and paved streets are needed.
So what happens if someone gets run over? Will anyone on Nechako Drive lose any sleep over that?
Amazing!