Major Canyon Lake road project set to begin

A much anticipated and needed multi-million dollar Canyon Lake road project is set to begin construction Jan. 10 where over a million square feet of asphalt will be replaced on community streets this year. The initial part of the project that will begin in two weeks involves replacing concrete cross gutters and spandrels at various locations.

The 2022 phase of the project is a budgeted $5.6 million-dollar private road rehabilitation project, which will replace approximately 1.3 million square feet of asphalt on over 60 segments of Canyon Lake streets. The 2022 phase of the project is scheduled to be completed on June 3.

The Canyon Lake POA said it is expected that it will continue with approximately $5.0 million worth of repairs again next year, and $2-to-$3 million annually in the following several years. The project will be jointly overseen by the Canyon Lake POA General Manager and Director of Operations, along with GMU Pavement Engineering. GMU will provide regular plant and site inspections, observation, and testing services to ensure the best possible quality project.

Following the concrete repairs, the first phase of asphalt replacement will begin on Jan. 31.

“Please be advised that damaged areas of concrete cross gutters will be replaced Jan. 10 through Jan. 21,” the Canyon Lake POA said. “Temporary no-parking signs will be posted in the work area 48 hours prior to work commencing. Vehicles should be parked in zones outside the area scheduled for replacement from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Access to residences will not be affected. There may be minor delays and detours during this period. Please be attentive to the traffic control signs posted within the community and the uneven pavement surface during this period.”

The intersections where concrete cross gutters are scheduled for replacement are: Boating Way & Redwood Drive, Yellow Gold Drive & Compass Drive, Blue Teal Drive & Red Lure Place, White Sail Place & Cove View Street, Santana Court & Cove View Street, Cove View Street & Cross Hill Street, Gulf Stream Drive & Rim Rock Place, Wild Rice Drive & Rim Rock Place, Happy Hunter Drive & Clear Water Drive, and Happy Hunter Drive & Spray Drive.

Any vehicle(s) parked in areas scheduled for concrete replacement between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. will be towed without further notice at the vehicle owner’s expense, the Canyon Lake POA said.

There will be nine two-week phases of the road rehabilitation project. The phases and their locations are shown on the Canyon Lake POA website. The dates shown on the website for those phases will be changing for several of the phases to avoid event conflicts.

Each two-week phase of Road Rehabilitation will consist of:

Notification of affected residents by garage door flyers and all CLPOA media sources, at least one week in advance. The POA will be publishing an opt-in project update email list and final phasing maps in the very near future.

Removal of the top 3.5-inch layer of existing asphalt on all streets in the phase.

Pulverize and blend the remaining asphalt, base, and subgrade material and construct a new 12-inch thick layer of Cement Stabilized Pulverized Road Base Material (CSPB).

Grading, proof rolling and moisture curing of the CSPB Road Base Material.

Continued moisture curing of the CSPB the remainder of the first week, including Saturdays and Sundays (using a water truck to keep the material damp).

New 3.5-inch thick asphalt paving and rolling likely started at the beginning of the second week.

Raising utility covers and the completion of each phase.

Residents of each phase will also be notified by no parking cones, barricades, and signage, at least 48 hours prior to their phase. In general, residents should expect to park their vehicles outside the phase location during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. There will be no parking and extremely limited vehicular access to affected homes during those hours, Monday through Friday.

Depending on the weather, some weekend work may be required, which will be announced as necessary. In general, the only weekend work will be the moisture curing, which will include two to three passes with a water truck, per day.

The Canyon Lake POA owns and maintains 37 miles of private roads. These roads are the full responsibility of the association. The city or other governmental agencies do not have any responsibility for these roads.

The last major road-paving project in Canyon Lake was completed in 2012 and 2013. That project resulted in years of litigation against the contractor, suppliers, and engineers. That paving project has resulted in streets that failed long before their expected design life, the Canyon Lake POA said.

So far, the contractor, Hardy and Harper, Inc., and the project engineer, Albert A Webb Associates, have settled for $5,500,000, and those funds are currently in the CLPOA Road Reserve Fund. There is currently a total of $10,111,025 in the Road Reserve Fund, which includes the $5,500,000 from the settlement.

“Our team remains optimistic about recovering additional funds against the one remaining asphalt supplier,” the Canyon Lake POA said.

The Canyon Lake POA put out a Pavement Project RFP on Aug. 31 to eight invited paving contractors, requesting bids for the first year of a multi-year paving project. On Sept. 24, five of the eight bidders returned bids.

“Most of our streets are in fair to poor condition,” the Canyon Lake POA said. “The goal is to bring all of our 37 miles of private roads up to good condition and maintain them there.”