Lagoon #176 Update

2:30PM - Excavation appears to be completed. Major clean-up and repair of the landscape is required. Both excavators and the large pump have been moved over to the adjacent lagoon #183.

Lagoon #176 Update

11:30AM- Excavation continues. The two excavators have really made a mess of the Whitney's yard. The excavators are now really close to three lovely pine trees and concern is that the root systems of these three trees made be significantly damaged so that they will eventually die off. There is also concern that the underground viaduct pipe leading from the lagoon to the junction box in the side yard could posssibly be damaged from the weight of the excavators.

Lagoon #176 Update

8:50AM-Both excavators continue to dredge the lagoon. Part of the embankment is higher than the rest of it. I assume they will "knock the high spot down" so it is level with the rest of the top of the embankment.
3:45PM Update - Apparently the contractor determined that there was too much gumbo to use on the embankment and decided to remove some of the material via dump trucks. One of the excavators is very close to the wetland and also very close to three large pine trees. Neighbors are concerned that the roots of the pine trees may be damaged. They are also upset that they weren't informed of the change in plans ahead of time.

Lagoon #176 Update

5:00PM-They brought the 2 large excavators over from L-175 this morning. Excavation began today at approximately 1:00PM. Fish recovery also took place early this morning and late this afternoon. Any fish recovered were put into L-164 on French Garden Lane.

@5:00PM - Six workers arrived and started removing the soil dropped on the street by the dump trucks.

Lagoon #176 Update

4:30PM Sunday- The lagoon is drained down quite a bit now should be ready for excavation starting tomorrow. The above two photos show that there is a large littoral shelf covering about one-half of this lagoon.

Lagoon #176 Update

10:00AM Saturday - 3 PBG and 2 Landscaping Crew brought the large pump over from Lagoon #174 and began installing it.
1:30PM Update- The pump was installed and started dewatering the lagoon at approximately 1:00PM today.
7:00PM Update- The pump was "on" and operating at low speed and seemed very quiet. Approximately 15" of water had already been removed from the lagoon since the dewatering process began about 6 hours ago.

Lagoon #176

This update has been corrected from the initial Post to show that the Preconstruction meeting was actually held on Wednesday afternoon.
Approximately 2:30PM - The Preconstruction meeting was held early yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). In attendance were Todd Doupona and Matt Raines from Pulte, and the three lagoon abutters - The Andreasons's, The Freemans, and Marion Dietrich. Members of the Phase 5 Lagoon Committee were not in attendance. Todd & Matt bumped into Warren after the meeting and provided him a brief update. Todd also mentioned to Warren that they may start L-176 a few days later than was discussed with the abutters because they (Pulte) wanted to get L-175 completed ASAP and would need both excavators at L-175.