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would not affect access to the school
or to the Norma Jean and Edward
Meer Early Childhood Center taking
' -shape next door.
Although Rothstein Park will have
at least 16 beams replaced, Rabbi Wolf
i said the JPM "won't be affected at all."
The JPIvI staff first learned of the
planned bridge deck work last week,
said managing director Leslee
Magidson. Although she has few
details about the project, she antici-
,-)pates there will be "minimal impact. "
She said: "We do use the park for a
certain amount of programming, the
summer concert series ... but it's not
our largest consideration."
At fll three parks, Savas said the
noise associated with the repair pro-
ject generally will be "no more than
normal engine noise.
"Mainly what we will be doing is
excavating earth, lifting beams and
installing new beams," he said. "We
will be taking out the beams in one
piece, not breaking them up."
There will be some pile driving,
as crews install steel sheets behind
the abutments to keep the earth
back, he said.
The original efforts to beautify the
bridge deck parks are the cause of the
current problem. "It seems to be
[because of] the weight of the soil
and trees," said MDOT technical
adviser John Watkins. They will be
replaced with lighter-weight trees and
a more sandy loam.
Unlike MDOT's Watkins and
Savas, Merrie Carlock was on the job
\--,
, when the bridge decks were first
installed. As landscape architect for
the city of Southfield, Carlock
designed the basic concept for
Freeway Park.
However, she said, decisions involv-
ing specific plantings and construction
materials were handled by the state.
"During the planning stages, I was
surprised they weren't interested in
light-weight soil mixes, with vermi-
culite or pearlite, such as they use in
rooftop gardens," she said.
"Also, they probably didn't consid-
er that evergreens would grow as large
as shade trees."
While the Southfield deck will lose
its large evergreens, Carlock said most
of Freeway Park will remain open
during construction and its play
equipment will not be removed.
However, because of changes in
state safety requirements, the chil-
dren's play equipment in Victoria
Park likely will need complete
replacement. The state is to pay for
the new equipment. fl

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