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Project Watch: Levee Entrance in Rome, GA
Rome News-Tribune
The floodgates at the new entrance of Heritage Park were installed Friday morning, June 18 at 9:30 a.m. The placement of the gate was delayed from an expected installation on Thursday.
The work is part of the new cut-through into the park across Second Avenue from West Fifth Street.
Acme Metal Works in Chattanooga, Tenn., manufactured the gate, which is nearly 19 feet high and 34 feet wide.
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The 2006 special purpose, local option sales tax package contains $1.955 million to replace the Second Avenue levee gates and move the Heritage Park access point to West Fifth Street. The Rome (Georgia) City Commission accepted a $1,038,800 bid in September from Astra Group Inc. for the project, which includes custom manufacturing of the gates. The estimated date of completion is Feb 17, 2010. The new levee entrance will have two lanes and a sidewalk.
Reported by: Staff member at Rome News-Tribune
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From the F&H Staff:
As part of the City’s ongoing efforts to maintain and improve their existing flood protection infrastructure, the City decided to rehabilitate one flood gate and replace a second gate. The City engaged the services of Florence & Hutcheson to prepare concept plans and final design documents, acquire all necessary permits, bid the project, provide construction monitoring, and certify the completed project. This critical project included the permanent decommissioning of one floodgate, retrofitting a second floodgate with a more modern closure system and constructing a new larger floodgate allowing for 2-way vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Florence & Hutcheson’s Dam and Levee team led the planning and design of this project.
