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11/26
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24

I-696 Work
Is Delayed,
But Coming

W

ork on the three bridge decks
spanning 1-696 in Oak Park
and Southfield should begin by late
December or early January, officials
with the Michigan Department of
Transportation said late last week.
This is about three months later than
originally scheduled.
The project includes replacement
of about 100 of the concrete beams
that support the decks. The highway
will be closed intermittently during
construction, which is expected to
end on or before May 30, 2000.
A specific schedule will be deter-
mined at pre-construction meetings
within the next few weeks, according
to Ernie Savas, the transportation
department's metro region engineer.
The decks in Oak Park are
Rothstein Park, located north of the
A. Alfred Taubman Jewish
Community Campus, and the nearby
Victoria Park, north of the Sally Allan
Alexander Beth Jacob School for
Girls. In Southfield, Freeway Park is
off Fairfax Road, south of Lincoln
and west of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah.
The project had been scheduled to
begin late last month. However, bids
came in higher than expected, forcing
a review of the project by the state's
transportation commission. The corn-
mission approved the higher cost Nov.
11.
"This occurs whenever our projects
are overbid by at least 10 percent,"
Savas explained.
The low bid of the eight received
by MDOT was $7.1 million, coming
from contractor Angelo Iafrate of
Warren. Original estimates had been
for a cost of $5-6 million.
When they were installed 10 years
ago, the bridge decks cost nearly $4
million.
Repairs are necessary because of
stress cracks in the box beams caused
by the weight of soil and foliage on
the decks. The bid includes installing
and maintaining soil and plantings
through May 2003.
MDOT plans to maintain walk-
ways across 1-696 at each site during
the construction period,' Savas said.

— Diana Lieberman