Some Maintenance Work as well. Total closure time just short of 55 hours and drivers should notice a quieter smoother drive. Joining us now is bob house to tell us about that concrete. You are you were saying some kind of polyester blend right . Thats right. Its something we developed about 33 years ago, its called polyester concrete. And we used polyester basically plastic as the part of the concrete. That way its lighter and its also much more durable. Its going to last a good long time. And were going to need that because the traffic levels today are much higher than they were when this bridge opened back in 1967. So having that good durable surface is very important. Reporter compare and contrast the ride before and after this new repaving work here. Well you know, the the asphalt coating, the surface out there, was original from 1967. So its 48 years old. It was getting very, very ratty and lot of alligator cracking. And people were noticing it so it definitely was time after 48 y
More than just a full in work there should be more inches on that. Sure. Right so have you address the lower aspect. No and i cannot because of conflict of interest. Oh okay. laughter . Okay again answer. Weve been training him. Is that true off the coast range tunnel. Unfortunate yes maam. Okay. All right. So. I mean, i say what happened then with a historical and preservation prospective on lower cherry the flatiron contract is in place and phase one work has been implemented aqueduct is serviceable and were furthering last commission we authorized the flatiron contract if we are that not making broken this is moving forward and with respect to mountain tunnel the plan is to do an investigation with tunnel similar to the coast range tunnel in order to give us more information as we move forward and the environmental process is moving forward because what we have mapped out to t thats the critical path. Okay. Thank you any other questions or comments i do have a speaker on this topic
Weve been training him. Is that true off the coast range tunnel. Unfortunate yes maam. Okay. All right. So. I mean, i say what happened then with a historical and preservation prospective on lower cherry the flatiron contract is in place and phase one work has been implemented aqueduct is serviceable and were furthering last commission we authorized the flatiron contract if we are that not making broken this is moving forward and with respect to mountain tunnel the plan is to do an investigation with tunnel similar to the coast range tunnel in order to give us more information as we move forward and the environmental process is moving forward because what we have mapped out to t thats the critical path. Okay. Thank you any other questions or comments i do have a speaker on this topic so if i could excuse you for a moment. Thank you members of the commission nicole chief Financial Officer my comment for the coast range tunnel i was pleased when i heard the inspection was implemented and
laughter . Okay again answer. Weve been training him. Is that true off the coast range tunnel. Unfortunate yes maam. Okay. All right. So. I mean, i say what happened then with a historical and preservation prospective on lower cherry the flatiron contract is in place and phase one work has been implemented aqueduct is serviceable and were furthering last commission we authorized the flatiron contract if we are that not making broken this is moving forward and with respect to mountain tunnel the plan is to do an investigation with tunnel similar to the coast range tunnel in order to give us more information as we move forward and the environmental process is moving forward because what we have mapped out to t thats the critical path. Okay. Thank you any other questions or comments i do have a speaker on this topic so if i could excuse you for a moment. Thank you members of the commission nicole chief Financial Officer my comment for the coast range tunnel i was pleased when i heard the
Commission to take whatever measures to keep our finances up to cut costs or whatever the difficult decisions well make those decision at that time were not there yet theyre asking the questions as well as ever water agency in california. And two other points one that the contractor we have with our stwhoerl customers guarantees the cost we pay there is a time delay but basically, not subject to the amount of water we sell a thats almost exactly true true and we made that clear to the agencies. The other part we keep getting presentations talking about the water rate is a percentage of meanwhile income to see how tolerant the community is with additional water rate increases if theyve been on the safe do of that issue. So far. Were projected to so for. Thank you. Thank you very much so before we go to cc ii want to make one comment i realize a lot has been happening. Saw in the paper about emile cruz and wanted to wheres el e emile i wont be here at the next Commission Meeting i want l