Stewart project completed; Curry to follow shortly
Stewart project completed; Curry to follow shortlyBy Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com Stewart Street from Highway 50 East to Roop Street has reopened to traffic."The contractor is doing a few cleanup items. They've got a punch list, but even those will be done by the middle of November," said Patrick Pittenger, the city's transportation director.The $5.6 million project, which took a slight curve to connect Stewart Street with Moody Street, was started in the spring and included new sidewalks, rights-of-way and new utilities through the existing neighborhood and the removal of a couple of modulars from the Corbett Elementary School."When we upgrade, we obviously don't want to rip out our brand new road to fix an old pipe that's gone bad," Pittenger said.The contractor, A&K Earthmovers, finished on time and before winter, he said."This sets us up to get back to our Roop Street work," he said.A sidelight of the project was an opportunity to work with the school district on a sidewalk in front of Corbett school, he said.