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Sarasota News Leader January 10, 2014 Page 106 Siesta Seen • The new pond is approximately 80 percent park work, added in the release that Swift's complete. Pumping of groundwater off- construction manager anticipates "being able to catch up by the end of February, and after shore continues. that, work will resume on weekdays only." • Forty loads of unexpected buried debris (mostly tree trunks, rebar, asphalt and con- THAT BLIP WITH THE BRIDGE crete) have been removed from the site. I confess that my curiosity gnawed at me "Based on test holes dug, an additional 130 to keep trying to learn why the north Siesta loads may still need to be removed," he bridge was stuck in the open position on wrote. Dec. 19. This week, thanks to JoAnn May, • Coordination with the Siesta Public Beach improvements project continues, with fill being placed and the footers for the new maintenance facility being installed. "The Beach Road Drainage Improvement project has a Substantial Completion date of March 14 and a Final Acceptance date of April 13, 2014," he wrote in conclusion. ABOUT THE BEACH PROJECT … communications specialist with the Florida Department of Transportation, I received an answer. May wrote in a Jan. 6 email, "I checked with our bridge folks and I'm told the computer at the bridge detected a faulty pump filter ..." Apparently, when the filter was changed the previous day, the replacement was not a good piece of equipment, shall we say. "Consequently, the computer shut it down, and the bridge was closed for 45 minutes while crews mobilized and replaced the faulty filter," she added. Jon F. Swift Inc. of Sarasota began staging equipment and supplies at Siesta Beach Park on Dec. 28 in anticipation of beginning the OH, ME; OH, MY long-awaited $21.5 million improvement projA stalwart reader alerted me to a big boo-boo ect, the county announced last week. in my Dec. 27 Siesta Seen: I misidentified The firm received permission to perform work Siesta Key Village Association President on Saturdays through March 1 "to make up Cheryl Gaddie as Cheryl Matthes. for work days lost due to heavy rains earlier In my haste to make early deadlines for this year," a county news release said. two issues, I obviously was thinking both The two-year project still is set to be under- of Gaddie and her predecessor in the post, taken in four phases, with Phase 1 contained Russell Matthes. My apologies! to the easternmost portion of the park. I also absolve Copy Editor Vicki Chatley of Brad Gaubatz, Sarasota County Public Works any blame. After all, I am the one who is supDepartment project manager for the beach posed to keep the names straight. %