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City of Morgan Hill: The Scoop: Week of June 23, 2022

Government and Politics

June 24, 2022

From: City of Morgan Hill

The event begins at 6:00 p.m. at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center Amphitheater, located at 17000 Monterey Road, Morgan Hill, CA. Monterey Road between East Dunne and Main Avenue will be closed beginning at noon on Saturday, July 3rd. These street closures will also include partial closures of side streets on the East and West sides of Monterey Road. Access to the parking structures will remain open with access from Depot Street. Depot Street is closed at Dunne Avenue and must be accessed from Main Avenue. Any cars parking on closed roads will be towed for safety and security reasons. Please do not leave cars parked on roads that will be closed.

-East Dunne Avenue Rehabilitation Project

Contractor will begin lowering utility boxes starting on July 5th and work their way westbound from near Anderson Lake Bridge (City limit line) and head westbound on Dunne Avenue. Traffic control will be implemented beginning July 5th. The project will continue through the end of September.

-2022 Pavement Rehabilitation Project

The contractor will begin lowering utility boxes on July 5th and will begin work on pavement rehabilitation the following week at Jackson Oaks Drive. Traffic control will be implemented beginning July 5th.

-Hale Avenue Extension Project

At Spring Avenue and DeWitt Avenue, PG & E will be undergrounding overhead electric lines and removing poles. Traffic control devices will be in place periodically while needed to accomplish the work.

-One-Lane Traffic on Condit Road near Chrysler Dealership

Condit Road will have one-lane traffic from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Traffic controls will be in place. It is anticipated that one-lane traffic will be in place for several weeks.

-Significant Utility Related Roadwork to Occur Throughout Morgan Hill

Several communications companies are currently working on upgrading and installing new communication cables and conduit throughout the city. This work includes cutting into the roadway and placing or repairing cables and conduit. This work includes placing fiber optic cable on existing poles or installing new underground facilities into the roadway and/or onto sidewalk areas. 

Construction crews for Frontier will be on Dunne Avenue from lower Thomas Grade near Gallop Drive up to upper Thomas Grade near Oak Leaf Drive for the next two weeks placing fiber optic internet cables. Crews will be confined to the shoulder area of the downhill portion of the roadway; however, they may be required to briefly stop traffic for repositioning. Please travel through the construction area with caution and obey all warning signs and traffic flaggers.

Work is occurring in multiple areas and may include road closures or lane reductions. You may also see paint markings or small flags of varying color for utilities in your area. These markings are to indicate the locations other utility lines in the area, and to ensure that damage and outages do not occur as a result of the work the telecommunications company is doing to update or install their cables. This work should not impact your utility service. Utility companies should be using chalk paint so the markings will remain only temporarily.

One of the largest companies doing work throughout the city is Frontier Communications who is using the subcontractor HCI, Inc. for the installation. HCI will be placing door hangers in neighborhoods prior to the start of work. HCI may be required to place new underground facilities and equipment in some neighborhoods. In those cases, there will be three phases of installation: 1. Marking and exposing of existing utilities, 2. Installation of conduit, utility boxes and Fiber Optic lines and 3. Restoration of concrete sidewalk and asphalt roadway. Temporary trench backfill and temporary trench coverings may be used for a period of time prior to restoration. The full installation process could take up to 3 weeks to complete. For information on the Frontier project and service availability residents can contact Frontier directly at 833-258-2434 or GetFrontierFiber.com.

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