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September 20, 2012

Pinewood Drive repairs underway

Andrew McGee CNHI

Live Oak — Repair efforts are underway for the much needed Pinewood Drive area between Walker and Ohio avenues. One of the main connector roads between several of Suwannee County schools has been out of commission since Tropical Storm Debby’s flood waters created a sink hole about 75 feet deep at that location.

Since the city closed the road due to the hazardous nature and unpredictability of such serious flood and erosion damage, school personnel, students, parents and anyone else have had to use alternate routes instead of Pinewood Drive.

“The grouters are out there today and should have already started,” Live Oak Public Works Director Brent Whitman said Thursday. “It’ll take them about two weeks to finish (the grouting). That’s 10 working days.” He added, “They don’t work on Saturday’s and Sunday’s.”

The grouting is the first phase of this endeavor as there are several stages to the repair.

“They have to lay the dirt, then a base, a sub-base and finally the asphalt,” said Whitman.

Whitman said the projected date to complete all the repairs and reopen the road will be about the middle of October. He did make it a point that this projection date may be pushed back if Live Oak gets any substantial amount of rain in the next few weeks.

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