Okay, what's going on with the ADA Ramp?

Day one - you don't know what you're in for!!

A lot of people are asking why we stopped working on the ramp.  We stopped working on it simply because of the rain. The rain has been such a huge factor in keeping us from completing the grade work, that we have had to wait for things to dry out. 

We thought we would throw on these old pictures of when we all showed up with high hopes of getting the ADA project done real quick. Being a volunteer is fun, you not only get to work with many different people of all walks and interests, but you really get to know what a person is capable of at the same time. The out pouring of community support towards this project has been great, and the way people show up to work in the worst of weather conditions has been an inspiration. A huge thank you to all of them. 

One thing the rain has taught us in this, is where we will need more drainage and a possible installation of a culvert east of the ramp. 

After several down pours and one pump out of the trench on the east side of the ramp, it was obvious to us where the water was coming from. It was coming from the rocks below grade - fissures in the rocks were allowing water to seep under the footings in the east trench.

Hopefully a longer pipe, or concrete culvert installed uphill from the trench will cure that problem. 

The rain has slowed down quite a bit, and activity  should resume on the site real soon. If you want to get your hands dirty on a really good community project, we could always use the help.  We are an EOO  (equal opportunity organization). We let everyone get dirty!