On January 16th Eagle Mountain City, put out a bid from the roads department to do a chip seal on three of the major roads in Eagle Mountain. The bid closed on Feb 01, so we should be seeing bid amounts presented to the City Council in the next few weeks. The details of the bid state that the project should start after May 1st, 2017 and be completed no later than June 30, 2017. The roads included will be Pony Express Parkway, Ranches Parkway, and Eagle Mountain Blvd. The bid states that the chip seal aggregate will be supplied by the City. The location of where the contractor will be loading the chip seal from are also on the maps below.
Construction work, in general, consists of the following:
A light weight chip seal will be placed on the following roads Ranches Parkway (north bound from Pony Express Parkway to SR-73), Eagle Mountain Blvd (Pony Express Parkway to SR-73), and Pony Express Parkway (through the roundabout at Eagle Mountain Blvd heading south two miles). Light weight chips will be stored and provided by Eagle Mountain City in two locations. Contractor responsible for installation of light weight chip seal, fog seal, restriping traffic paint, and traffic control. Beginning no earlier than Monday, May 1, 2017 and completion date of Friday, June 30 2017.
Chip seal is a process of putting a thin base of hot bitumen or asphalt and then embedding a finely graded aggregate into it. The aggregate can be any material or combination of materials. In 2014 the city used chip seal on Pony Express from Eagle Mountain Boulevard to Sandpiper road. The City Council approved a bid for $209,809 for the 2014 Pony Express Chip Seal Project. The City Council documents contained the following information about the process.
The 2014 Pony Express Chip Seal Project includes the placement of a lightweight chip seal on Pony Express Parkway from Eagle Mountain Boulevard to Sandpiper Road. The lightweight chips are a product that the City has not used in the past, but which has the benefit of not being likely to crack windshields after placement. A fog coat will be placed over the chip seal to help seal the chips. City crews have been crack sealing and placing patches in preparation for this work.
Additional Resources
Bid Record
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