Completion of Clymer water system delayed until May 2027
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CLYMER -- The town of Clymer's water system upgrade has been ongoing for months and while work is continuing, specifically in the town's business district, the project has fallen slightly behind.
At the town board's September meeting, Town Supervisor Brian Willink, read a summary of where some of the work stands, including the mains being worked on in the business district, the testing of pipes and connections to homes will follow once the mains are installed, and the reconstruction work on Clymer-Corry Road will be completed prior to winter. Construction on the project's new water tank began on the day of the meeting as well.
"The project has fallen slightly behind, and JD Northrup has requested an extension on project completion until May of 2027," Willink said. "They're going to work as far into the fall as they can here until they run into the weather like they did last year."
Willink added that hopefully the weather will remain OK for them, but the company did want to have that extension as a buffer. The project was originally scheduled to be done by the end of this year.
"I told them though, it's critical, whatever they dig up and whatever they put back has to be winterized," Willink said. "We can't have people with driveways with gravel and concrete and asphalt and whatever else. They assured me that they'll get everybody that's been disrupted back to pre-levels before winter."
Blacktopping and other driveway work has begun already in the town for the project in regards to that, such as in front of the Dutch Village Restaurant. Willink added that getting things set for winter was his biggest concern, and that some residents have had their lawns torn up all summer and they would like to have those back before the frost comes.
Willink noted that the town is still really happy with the work being done, also noting that JD Northrup has run into a few challenges along the way, including the big trees outside the front of the school, and that the weather has not helped either. Highway Superintendent Scott Trisket added that it does not help that the town's old records are horrible and sometimes measurements are very off and things are not where the records say they are. Willink said they had assumed that would happen, but they did not know what was actually under there until the digging started.
"I think I can speak for everybody; we're happy with the work, but we'll be glad when it's over," Willink said. "It's a one in 60 year project."
A special public hearing will be held at the town's October meeting on October 13 in the highway building starting at 6 p.m. with Matt Zarbo from Square Engineering. Zarbo will talk about the system upgrades, new water rates, and answer any questions people may have in regards to the water system update project.