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Monthly Construction and Environmental Update May 2009
May 31, 2009

Escatawpa to Jones Road (8,650’) –
• Base and pave project complete through this section.
• Area stabilized with permanent BMPs.

Jones Road to Walter Tanner Road (10,650’) –
• Base and pave project complete through this section.
• Area stabilized with permanent BMPs.

Walter Tanner Road to Wilmer-Georgetown Road (4,186’) –
• Construction of roadways, drain pipes, and ditch lines from Walter Tanner Road to Wilmer Georgetown Road (Station 250 to 281) complete.
• Area stabilized with permanent BMPs.

Wilmer-Georgetown Road to Glenwood Road (13,617’) –
• Constructions of roadways, drain pipes, and ditch lines from Wilmer Georgetown Road to Big Creek bridges (Station 288 to 400) completed.
• Area stabilized with permanent BMPs.
• Automatic water samplers installed to monitor water quality from project into Long Branch and Big Creek.

Glenwood Road to east end of project (4,964’) –
• Soil exposure work limited by ALDOT to the required maximum of 17.5 acres.
• Active construction underway of road beds, ditch lines, and sediment ponds stabilized with rip rap from Station 455 to 468. Roadbed activities on east bound lanes completed to the end of the project (Station 469). Completed roadway sections have been capped with small aggregate for access travel or sealed with top soil, seeded, mulched, and netted with RECP.
• Temporary BMPs installed to help prevent erosion and contain sediment.
• Automatic water samplers installed to monitor water quality from project into Collins Creek.
Environmental Issues:
- Rain Days: May 4 (1.78”), May 10 (0.04”), May 11 (0.32”), May 14 (0.04”), May 15 (0.17”), May 16 (0.32”), May 17 (0.29”), May 20 (0.37”), May 22 (2.75”), May 24 (0.44”), May 25 (0.44”), May 27 (0.08”). Total of 7.04 average inches of rain this month. Intense rainfall during the May 22 event caused non-compliant conditions (defined as greater than 50 ntu above background) at two outfall locations (OF 10 and 32)




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