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As I look out my front window across the estuary this morning there is no equipment working... as is usual every morning ..
BUT,,,, there are workers stacking up large piles of white pipe...
So just a guess,,, like in the states... new road, then dig a ditch in it and lay new water and sewer lines... then come back with a nice patch
job...
Of course, just maybe there is enough room beside the road to do the utility ditch.... how many think this is the case???
Guess I will pour another cup of coffee and watch... at least the noise of the dozers is gone for awhile...
Common sense is a flower that doesn\'t grow in everyone\'s garden.....
A wise man once spoke nothing.....
Never kick a cow chip on a hot day!!
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mtnpop
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Of what I spoke was premature...
I am now watching the backhoe dig the trench heading east
then lay the pipe, cover the trench and more grading...
then the north river road will be the race track it was meant to be...
there I go again.... glass half empty attitude...
Common sense is a flower that doesn\'t grow in everyone\'s garden.....
A wise man once spoke nothing.....
Never kick a cow chip on a hot day!!
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Estrella
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Thanks for that update.... Where is the ditch actually going in ? There were stakes and flagging hugging the north side of the remnants of the bank?
Are they getting close to the rumor of paving it?
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Yesterday a huge crane thing, with a conveyor belt and generator went by here, any idea what that is for?
The road is still blocked off, although many are ignoring the detour signs and try to get thru only to turn around in a tight area. `` Freeway
Cuesta`` is 3 lanes wide and provides easy access to north estero road. Opened up new real estate possibilites?
The road from the malecon back toward town is now graded, very wide, rocks are in place on the edge, no footings, broken water(waste?) line towards
town. This section is about the same elevation as the existing malecon. Hopefully it will be a concrete road and not paving so as to have a fighting
chance next season.
Give the construction crews a break, use the detour  El Patron and Carlo`s bar
are both open.
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mtnpop
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Looked like conveyor and either rock crusher equipment or batch plant hopper which they would use for either concrete or asphalt work....
Anyway that is what we saw going up the road... couple of rigs hauling equipment with police escort..
now to see if they bring in concrete trucks or paving equipment
Common sense is a flower that doesn\'t grow in everyone\'s garden.....
A wise man once spoke nothing.....
Never kick a cow chip on a hot day!!
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willyAirstream
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Thanks, that makes sense.
I can see Max`s smile from here.
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Estrella
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Thank you for the updates. Where did they park the conveyer and batch plant? They had graded a wide swath up the arroyo next to the Huerta before we
left. We were wondering if would be used for that purpose. 3 lanes to town! Guess Carlo's will need real checkered flags at his end!
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mtnpop
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Have no clue to what the plan is but they fired up the rock crusher in the arroyo behind Don Cheno late this afternoon...
Big time noise and enormous dust cloud drifting across the park and the estuary... lasted an hour or so...
So now the fun begins....
Will it be concrete or will it be aphalt or will it be gravel road...
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day!!
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Ross, I went up and checked stuff out for you this morning. The road up the canyon by Don Chanos is for overflow traffic from the new Walmart and to
allow access to the New Oxxo. The machine you saw is a grain processing device for the Pacifico brewery to be built behind Carlos bar....Hope this
helps?
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Estrella
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How are things progressing?
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willyAirstream
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Signs are going up, street lighting in place, yellow lines painted and the toll booth is almost complete.
Pics when something significant happens. This is going to be a long project, even tho they are working long hours, it will take quite awhile.
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My guess? Most of the year....Just in time for the next flood....
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Rumor mill has it that it is to be done (paved) before the upcoming election... which is mid April me thinks.... how many of you folks on that side
actually get to vote???
And if you believe this quip, I have this nice semi-arid place on the south side of the estuary you can get at a bargain price...
workin 10-12 hour days sometimes 7 days a week..and it looks like grade might be just a tad below high water mark...
oh well...
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willyAirstream
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2 concrete trucks just went by...
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Sunday,, large yellow tanker sittin across on the north river road..
no idea what they are haulin in it...
gonna have to set up lawn chairs on the south side and watch the rest of this project..
I think I must get a hobby.... or go fishin...
Common sense is a flower that doesn\'t grow in everyone\'s garden.....
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day!!
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mtnpop
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Sunday,, large yellow tanker sittin across on the north river road..
no idea what they are haulin in it...
gonna have to set up lawn chairs on the south side and watch the rest of this project..
I think I must get a hobby.... or go fishin...
Common sense is a flower that doesn\'t grow in everyone\'s garden.....
A wise man once spoke nothing.....
Never kick a cow chip on a hot day!!
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Fishin....I came out this morning at about 4:30..They had parked the trencher in the road leaving about 6 inches of room next to the trench...In San
Quintin now....
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Quote: Originally posted by Estrella  | | We have to also give credit to the Mulege Bridge! Does anyone know it's history? Driving down every year we have experienced a lot of bridge failure
in Baja Norte but our bridge design has stood stung. Yes the road under it has come and gone and tends to look different every year but the Bridge has
seen and withstood four catastrophic flood events in very recent history. History anyone? |
Good point because the bridges between Insurgentes and Constitucion, as well as the one at El Tule in the Cabo area have repeatedly failed.
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As of this afternoon, they poured asphalt on half the road and then covered in dirt again (no gravel thus far) front of my house.
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Estrella
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So to make sure I understand this. They laid asphalt on a portion of the road and then covered it with dirt? Is this normal procedure?
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