Given the severe disruption this project will cause for downtown, ODU, and the Medical Center Complex, has the city required the repairs to be done on a 24/7 (around the clock) time schedule?
A. We have not required the contractor to perform the work on the Brambleton Avenue Bridge on a 24/7 basis. While 24/7 operations are used very successfully on some highway projects, notably VDOT Interstate maintenance projects, there would be a number of consequences associated with a 24/7 operation on the Brambleton Avenue Bridge. One of those consequences is the proximity of the bridge to the residential areas along the Hague, in Freemason Harbor, and in Fort Norfolk. The work on the Brambleton Avenue Bridge is going to be noisy. Included in the rehabilitation are pile driving operations, demolition of the existing concrete bridge decks on both spans, and numerous concrete repairs involving chipping hammers and other similar equipment. The sound of this work will be very noticeable during the day, but the sound at night drifting across the water would be very disturbing to the adjacent neighborhoods. In addition, work at night would require the use of very bright construction lights
