OSWEGO – Almost exactly two years since it first approached the Common Council on a mandated upgrade to its under-river gas Pipeline 55, National Grid finally got the approvals it
OSWEGO — It’s said that all things come to those who wait. Well, it’s been 20 years of flooded basements and raw sewage backing up onto their yards, but the
The repairs were scheduled to be done by December.
City Engineer Jeffrey Hinderliter explained the reasons for that extension.
âA large part of the project was replacing the roof and replacing the gutter system that goes around the roof,â Hinderliter said. âThe architect chose to use a reinforced concrete product. So, itâs a pre-cast gutter system thatâs colored to match the color of the building. Those were custom ordered to match the old cornice molding up there. Theyâre beautiful, but obviously, theyâre labor intensive and specialty work. So, the subcontractor that manufactured those for us, due to COVID, was a couple months behind. Those panels were all supposed to arrive in August, but they didnât show up until the end of October. So, they were unable to get them all installed. So, the challenge for the winter. So, we had them complete the First Street side of the building, which is now installed 100% on that side of the building. Itâ