Pavements too thin, tests find
By Joel Currier
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
12/17/2005
O'FALLON
Developers of at least two major subdivisions have failed minimum street building standards because some pavement is too thin, according to city records.
Test results show that streets in some subdivisions fall short of the city's standard requiring at least six inches of concrete. In some cases, the result is cracked or crumbling roads, city officials say.
Magnolia and Thornbury subdivisions have the worst cases of deficient pavement, said Todd Criswell, director of Community Development.
"This is so widespread in these two subdivisions that we're asking them to fix them," Criswell said.
Test results from this summer show that about 90 percent of streets in the Magnolia subdivision are less than six inches deep, while Thornbury failed in about one-fourth of the approximately 100 street samples. Some concrete depths in both subdivisions surpassed the six-inch minimum. Developers said the streets were built properly.
The city's Public Works Department performed the tests after the developers of both subdivisions requested the release of money frozen in escrow agreements. Using an $8,000 coring machine the city bought last December, the city began testing street thickness in response to developers who requested the release of money in their escrow agreements.
In addition to Magnolia and Thornbury, the city has tested the pavement in other subdivisions, including Avondale, Briarcrest, Foxhaven, Hidden Creek, Hyland, King Crossing, the Manors at Deer Creek, Sterling Crossing and Whispering Woods. Test results show some deficient pavement and cracking in these subdivisions, Criswell said, but not to the extent found in Magnolia, which has space for 345 homes, and Thornbury, which has 318 homes.
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By Joel Currier
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
12/17/2005
O'FALLON
Developers of at least two major subdivisions have failed minimum street building standards because some pavement is too thin, according to city records.
Test results show that streets in some subdivisions fall short of the city's standard requiring at least six inches of concrete. In some cases, the result is cracked or crumbling roads, city officials say.
Magnolia and Thornbury subdivisions have the worst cases of deficient pavement, said Todd Criswell, director of Community Development.
"This is so widespread in these two subdivisions that we're asking them to fix them," Criswell said.
Test results from this summer show that about 90 percent of streets in the Magnolia subdivision are less than six inches deep, while Thornbury failed in about one-fourth of the approximately 100 street samples. Some concrete depths in both subdivisions surpassed the six-inch minimum. Developers said the streets were built properly.
The city's Public Works Department performed the tests after the developers of both subdivisions requested the release of money frozen in escrow agreements. Using an $8,000 coring machine the city bought last December, the city began testing street thickness in response to developers who requested the release of money in their escrow agreements.
In addition to Magnolia and Thornbury, the city has tested the pavement in other subdivisions, including Avondale, Briarcrest, Foxhaven, Hidden Creek, Hyland, King Crossing, the Manors at Deer Creek, Sterling Crossing and Whispering Woods. Test results show some deficient pavement and cracking in these subdivisions, Criswell said, but not to the extent found in Magnolia, which has space for 345 homes, and Thornbury, which has 318 homes.
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