We have had construction in our neighborhood for months now. They were finally right next to our house this past week. It has been interesting to see how they do the work - putting in bigger sewer and waste water pipes, as well as working on the storm drains - and the boys LOVE watching the trucks and tractors. It just makes it tricky to drive around.
Our front corner.
Digging up the street and putting it in a dump truck to haul away.
This metal thing that they put in the trench seems to hold the walls in place while they put the pipes into the ground. They have several in varying sizes and widths. The trench is deep - you can just see the top of the guy's helmet inside the metal thing.
We were lucky enough to have the equipment parked by our house all weekend, so we could get a really close look. They also chained a cooler of something to our street sign. I REALLY wanted to look inside. Alan thought it might be cement core samples, but he didn't know why they would leave them chained to the street sign all weekend.
There were large metal plates covering the holes in the road, but we could peek down into the hole underneath the metal guide (which was also covered with a metal plate).
I thought it was funny to have a port-a-potty outside our house for weeks. I was tempted to send my kids there and save on toilet paper! :)
Of course we took advantage of the situation for some photos!
Robert loved exploring everything.
I don't know when they will be done, but I'm sure it will be awfully quiet when they are gone. They usually start before 7am, and work into the evening. They have been very nice and polite, and have talked to the boys a bit, so we have no complaints. Our roads are just inaccessible a lot!
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