I was there at 9 30 this morning and only 3 guys pumping some water. Not one worker working on the side walks. Said they was waiting on a electrician to put conduit in. The conduit has been sitting there for a week. It takes 2 hours to glue it together and lay it in the forms. Perfectly sunny dry day and no progress. This project is a stain on the city of marshall in my eyes and a very sad thing to see that no one care enough about the business that are being affected. And words mean nothing, action does. Accountability does. If no one gets fired for this disaster then it shows how corrupt it is. And what's sad is this same contractor will have the next city job. And this is coming from someone who ain't affected by it to the extreme that some of my neighbors are that's been there for 30 year and may lose there lively hood. What do you have at the end, if you have a pretty side walk but have killed the business and ran off the investors? 
On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 11:10 AM Eric Powell <Powell.Eric@marshalltexas.net> wrote: 
Good day everyone and welcome to another Friday update on the Streetscape Project on N Washington. 
While there was more positive work happening this week we did hit a snag mid-week due to the fittings for the stormwater piping not being delivered when expected. The crews did return on Thursday to continue backfilling the stormwater pipe on the west side and opening up some pathways to the storefronts. The same crew also began tieing in the roof drains and should have the complete early next week. 
As far as the look ahead for next week this is what might occur: 
· Crew will complete all tie ins of roof drains and setting the junction box in the northwest corner and complete backfilling 
· Electrical conduit will be continued on the east side 
· Sidewalk crew will begin pouring sidewalk sections starting a the northeast corner at Burleson and move south 
As always I think you for your continued patience with this project and I will do everything I can to address all concerns. As far as next week’s update I may not provide one as I will be at a water\wastewater conference in Ft. Worth. Please don’t hesitate to send me an email with any concern’s or questions you have. 
Eric G. Powell, PE 
Director of Public Works & Utilities 
City Engineer 
903-935-4489
City of Marshall PO Box 698 
Marshall, TX 75671