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| Removing old cart path |
If I asked anyone who plays at Bailey Ranch where the roughest piece of cart path was on the golf course, I'm sure #15 would be at the top of everyone's list. It's no secret that the area at the bottom of the hill has been a problem for longer than I'd like to admit. Several years ago, this portion of the cart path began to settle and asphalt was brought in as a temporary solution to smooth out the cart path. This seemed like a logical solution at the time, but admittedly coming back to this project to fix it the right way was lost in the shuffle over the years with regarding project priorities. Since there are fewer projects on the list, and with the growing season behind us, I decided last week to make this project a priority.
Last week, staff began the process of removing the old asphalt and concrete to make way for the new material. Once the old cart path was out of our way, forms were installed and new gravel was added, then compacted. Long pieces of re-bar steel were laid in a grid pattern on top of the gravel to give the new concrete additional strength and guard against cracking in the future. On Thursday of last week, the new concrete was poured and left to cure over the weekend. Today the staff removed the forms, back filled soil along each side of the path and laid fresh sod to complete the project.
I couldn't be more proud of the work the staff put into this project. Although this kind of project may be a little outside their normal scope of work, they all worked together and the finished product speaks for itself.
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