by amapaspv | Dec 7, 2016 | News | Noticias, Street
In order to complete the new cement tracks before Christmas, Hortensias will be CLOSED between Villas Loma Linda and Highway 200, from now through next Tuesday, December 13.
Please use ‘the back way’ along Hortensias to Pulpito.
Yesterday, to speed things along, we rented TWO backhoes – one to cut the second track, the other to scoop the cobbles and broken concrete out of it.
The two machines – working alongside our Obras Publicas crew – did in one day what would have taken the crew alone several weeks of jack-hammering.
Starting today, we are renting a dump truck and loader to clear away all the cobblestones and debris from the two tracks.
In the run-up to the City’s Christmas break, Obras Publicas support has been, let’s just say, less than optimal. ANA is doing our best to take up the slack and get the work done. We rented the backhoes, truck and loader to save time and reduce noise and inconvenience for our members and neighbors.
THE SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, WE HOPE
Subject to schedule changes from City Hall and more weird weather:
Today, Wednesday, Dec 7: cleaning and forming the new track by hand.
Thursday, Dec 8: two concrete pours & finishing, plus cleaning and forming.
Friday, Dec 9: two concrete pours & finishing, plus cleaning and forming.
Saturday, December 10: two final concrete pours and finishing.
The fresh cement we pour this week will have to cure, so we can’t drive on it — no matter how ‘solid’ it looks – for three more days. Please respect the new cement – and all our hard work – during the curing process.
This week, Hortensias will be completely blocked by the cement truck during the pours. The dump truck and loader will also block the street as they scoop up and take away the old cobblestones.
Our goal is to complete all the concrete pouring on Saturday, and fully reopen Hortensias to traffic on Wednesday morning, December 14, and for the rest of the holidays.
As you probably know, City Hall pretty much shuts down for the last two weeks of the year. Any part of the repaving that hasn’t been finished by the 14th, we’ll resume and complete after New Years.
Thanks, as always, for your patience – some inconvenience is unavoidable, and it’s a short-term annoyance that will produce a long-term benefit for us all.
by amapaspv | Dec 7, 2016 | News | Noticias, Street, Uncategorized
Para terminar con las nuevas huellas de cemento antes de Navidad, la calle Hortensias tendrá que permanecer CERRADA entre Loma Linda y la carretera 200, hasta el día Martes 13 de Diciembre.
Por favor use la vía alterna por la calle Púlpito.
Ayer, aceleramos las cosas al rentar 2 retroexcavadoras, -una que rompa y abra el espacio para la segunda huella de cemento y la otra para recoger y limpiar las piedras y pedazos de concreto para ayudar a preparar el espacio donde se vertebra el cemento.
Las dos máquinas –trabajando lado a lado con el personal de Obras Publicas- hicieron en un día lo que hubiera tomado a los trabajadores y la compresora con martillo neumático varias semanas.
A partir del día de hoy, estamos rentando un volteo y retroexcavadora que limpie el espacio y se lleve el escombro.
En la Carrera a las vacaciones de Navidad, el personal de Obras Publicas ha estado trabajando de acuerdo a sus posibilidades, por lo que la Asoc. de Vecinos de Amapas A.C. ha hecho todo lo posible para apoyarlos y lograr sacar el trabajo a tiempo. Esto rentando las retroexcavadoras, los volteos, que además de todo han reducido el ruido y las molestias para nuestros miembros y vecinos.
El plan de trabajo esperado para el resto de la semana.
Plan sujeto a cambios por el ayuntamiento y el clima cambiante (lluvia)
Hoy, Miércoles 7 de Diciembre: limpieza y preparación para la nueva huella de cemento a mano.
Jueves, 8 de diciembre: 2 trompos de cemento, rallado de huellas y terminación. Incluyendo limpieza y forma
Viernes, 9 de Diciembre: otros 2 trompos de cemento, rallado de huellas y terminación, incluyendo limpieza y forma
Sábado, 10 de Diciembre: Último tramo de Cemento y terminado.
El Cemento fresco que estaremos vertiendo esa semana necesita fraguarse, así que no se puede usar, no importa que tan sólido se vea, -por al menos 3 días más. Por favor ayúdennos respetando el paso –y todo nuestro trabajo duro- durante el tiempo de fraguado.
Esta semana, Hortensias estará totalmente bloqueado con los trompos de cemento. Además del volteo y la retroexcavadora llevándose el escombro.
Nuestra meta es completar las huellas el Sábado para así reabrir al tráfico el Miércoles 14 de Diciembre para el resto de las festividades navideñas.
Como probablemente lo sepan, el ayuntamiento cierra por vacaciones las dos últimas semanas del año, y si algo como parte del pavimentado no quede terminado antes del 14 de Diciembre, tendremos que esperar a terminarlo para después de año Nuevo.
Gracias como siempre por su paciencia –algunos inconvenientes son necesarios y puede ser molesto por un corto tiempo pero estamos trabajando en un beneficio a largo plazo para todos nosotros.
by amapaspv | Dec 1, 2016 | Financial, News | Noticias, Street
Calle Hortensias was a mess. Sometimes described as ‘a collection of potholes held together by a bunch of cobblestones,’ the steep and narrow street leading up from Highway 200 was a rough ride, even on the best of days.
The big gas and water trucks that regularly trundled up the hill just made things worse, their weight taking its toll, their heavy tires cracking the cement and spitting out loose cobbles.
And once one cobble came loose, more quickly followed, quickly creating craters in the road – hard to avoid, especially with oncoming traffic.
The neighborhood association’s Pothole Patrol spent thousands of pesos every year in patching and repairs, but it was a losing ‘uphill battle.’
The street continued to crumble. Something had to be done.
But Puerto Vallarta has many colonias with bigger problems than Amapas, and many streets in more desperate need of repair.
What to do? How long would we have to wait for help?
So the Amapas Neighborhood Association came up with a plan.
We got in touch with City Hall – the Department of Public Works. Their engineers, accompanied by ANA representatives, surveyed the street and determined that installing two grooved cement tracks in the existing cobblestone pavement would be the most practical and affordable solution to Hortensias’ continued unraveling. Then they worked out a budget: labor, equipment, materials.
Fortunately ANA had developed an informal partnership with Obras Publicas: On select public works projects, they would provide manpower and machinery, and ANA (and sometimes our most affected neighbors) would pay for construction materials. It usually worked out to a 50-50 split, producing a repaired bridge, an improved street, or renewed highway lighting that would never have happened without our public-private partnership.
So we had a tested and successful informal partnership with Obras Publicas and a ‘cost-sharing’ forumula in place. But repaving lower Hortensias would be the most ambitious project ANA – or any Vallarta neighborhood association – had ever attempted.
And now we needed money – lots of it.
Based on the City budget, we figured that we needed at least $200,000 pesos to make this project go.
No way the ANA treasury could finance such a big effort while ‘holding the line’ on annual dues.
But asking neighbors to who didn’t depend on Hortensias – people who lived on Los Pinos, or on the other side of the highway, for example – to chip in on the Hortensias Repaving Project didn’t seem fair, either.
In March, the ANA Board sent out emails to all our individual members and Full Member Buildings – only on Gardenias and Hortensias (as far as the Selvamar bridge), explaining our plan and asking for voluntary contributions.
We promised that if we didn’t receive at least $200,000 pesos in contributions, all money would be cheerfully refunded.
ANA was impressed and relieved by our Hortensias and Gardenias neighbors’ response. By the end of April, we had received what we knew we would need…and a little more, which gave us a welcome ‘cushion’ in case we encountered unanticipated problems during the repaving project.
Hoping we could get the repaving accomplished before the summer rains, ANA wrote to Mayor Davalos and Obras Publicas, officially informing them that we had the needed funds in hand, and were ready to go forward with the project as soon as they were.
What happened next? Stay tuned for Chapter 2 in our continuing saga.
by amapaspv | Oct 14, 2016 | News | Noticias, Security | Seguridad, Street
Last month, ANA worked with affected neighbors to keep Calle Gardenias and Callejon de la Igualdad both clean and passable.
Gardenias had a major rock-and-mud spill, the result of too much rain and too little drainage. Once Proteccion Civil cleared the road, ANA and Las Moradas Condominium partnered to clean the street and clear the clogged drainage channels and culvert to keep the problem from repeating.
In the Callejon, debris left in the wake of an overturned water truck was removed, and the street cleaned up by ANA in partnership with Casa Cupula.
Sharing the cost and the benefit. Getting things done for Amapas.
by amapaspv | Aug 18, 2016 | News | Noticias, Street
Last Monday, Amapas residents got to see our friends the Bomberos – the uniformed guys from Proteccion Civil – in action…twice! Residents of Las Moradas, at the end of Gardenias, almost couldn’t get to their homes when mud, rocks and debris overwhelmed the drainage system and piled up on the street.
ANA’s Administrator made the call. And, in short order, a road crew showed up to clear the street and restore access.
The same afternoon, a water truck lost its brakes, and took out a stone wall, large tree, and the neighbors’ newly installed fiber optic Telmex line with it, as it rolled over onto Callejon de la Igualdad. The Callejon was completely blocked by the overturned truck and a mound of debris.
Police and Bomberos were quickly on the scene, seeing to the rescue of the driver, who was taken to a local hospital for a checkup. They emptied the truck’s diesel fuel and cargo, and towed the truck. Next morning, a Bomberos survey team arrived to assess damage to the street and needed repairs.
As we know, things don’t always happen quickly here, and the rapid response in both cases may be partly due to the good relations ANA has worked to foster with Police and Bomberos. It also might have something to do with the generosity of ANA members and neighbors who donated over $10,000 USD to furnish and equip the Bomberos ‘Casita’ just south of us on Highway 200.
Thanks to our friends the police and Bomberos for being there when we needed them!
At publication time, our Administrator is working with Proteccion Civil, Obras Publicas, and affected neighbors to get the streets completely cleaned, and the clogged drain cleared to reduce the likelihood of future backups on Gardenias.
by amapaspv | Aug 18, 2016 | News | Noticias, Street
If you live in Horizon, Terrazas Del Mar or La Cima III, you may have noticed the new cement curb on your way up Los Pinos – now painted warning yellow – with a ‘No Parking’ sign embedded in it.
With City Hall and the owner of the property where erosion is undermining the pavement locked in a finger-pointing contest about who is responsible to repair this dangerous condition.ANA worked with Proteccion Civil and Obras Publicas to get the curb installed to prevent further erosion from the summer rains while we continue to work for a safer and more permanent solution.
Meanwhile, parking on the undermined pavement is potentially dangerous – to both the street and the illegally parked vehicle. If you see cars parked in front of our new curb and ‘No Parking’ sign, note the details – make, model and color, license plate – and call, or ask your Administrator to call, Transito at 322-22-680 82. They will ticket and/or tow illegally parked vehicles.
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