Before construction began in Shady Banks in December, WaterWorks 2011 staff was on hand to let residents know what to expect. 

 

According to Tara Flash, WaterWorks 2011 Public Outreach Coordinator, those attending the November meeting of the Shady Banks Civic Association were pleased to have key members of the project team there to speak to them about the process.

 

“Residents seemed relaxed to have us there,” Flash said.  “We took questions from them and we went over where construction will begin.”

 

Accompanying Flash to the meeting was the project’s Construction Manager, Pierre Marcellus, and the project’s Inspector, Clyde Harding as well as WaterWorks 2011 Public Relations/Project Manager Traci Pollock. Jeff Phillips and Dan Lacross, both representatives from the contractor, Ric-Man Construction, were also available to talk with the residents.

 

WaterWorks staff also attended a Shady Banks community yard sale on Saturday, Nov. 10. As homeowners were seeking bargains, they were also able to find lots of valuable information about the upcoming construction project for the area.

 

“WaterWorks had a table set up with information about how the construction will progress in the Shady Banks community,” Flash said. “The inspector was also available to answer any questions the residents might have had.”

 

A visual display was set up for people to see how the construction would affect them. Pictures showed how things would look before, during and after the construction process. In addition, WaterWorks staff gave away more than 100 gift bags which contained construction-related literature, pens, candy, and a water bottle.

 

Construction is not new to Shady Banks which is bounded by Davie Boulevard to the north, the South Fork of the New River to the east and south, and I-95 to the west. As with other WaterWorks projects, in order to better manage overall construction activity and impacts, this project has been divided into individual sewer basins or service areas. Shady Banks is in Sewer Area 5. The construction project that just begun is in Basin C. The Basin B project was completed about a year and a half ago. The Basin A project has been included to the Basin C project that just started.

 

The construction in Shady Banks will provide the community with sanitary sewer service. Currently, most of the area is unsewered and septic tanks are used for disposal of residential and commercial sewage.  The Shady Banks Sanitary Sewer Construction Project consists of installing 21,150 linear feet (LF) of sanitary sewer piping, an estimated 73 manholes and approximately 282 service laterals. During construction of the sewer lines, approximately 8,000 LF of 6-inch diameter water main will also be installed.

 

Residents and property owners can obtain additional information about the construction process by contacting the WaterWorks 2011 Call Center at 954-522-2604.