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1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />1.1 Project Description <br />The City of Ramsey (City) is preparing to complete roadway improvement projects within 3 <br />general areas of the City during the 2022 construction season. These areas include; the Sunwood <br />Drive and Waco Street, the Autumn Heights Area and the West Pond Hills 2nd - 5th Area. To aid <br />in preparing design and construction documents the City solicited bids to perform a geotechnical <br />exploration within each of the 3 areas. <br />Haugo GeoTechnical Services (HGTS), was the successful bidder for the 3 projects. This report <br />presents the results of 6 soil borings and 6 bituminous cores obtained along Sunwood Drive and <br />Waco Street. <br />1.2 Purpose <br />The purpose of this geotechnical exploration was to determine existing bituminous pavement <br />section thicknesses, characterize subsurface soil and groundwater conditions and provide <br />recommendations for roadway design and construction. <br />1.3 Site Description <br />The streets slated for improvement include Sunwood Drive from its intersection with St. Francis <br />Boulevard (aka Highway 47) to its intersection with Waco Street and Waco Street from its <br />intersection with Sunwood Drive and extending north to about the intersection with 150th Avenue <br />NW. Total length of the alignment was estimated to be about 2,500 feet. <br />Sunwood Drive and Waco Street are 2-lane bituminous surfaced, residential roadways that <br />provide access to numerous single-family homes on the east side of St. Francis Boulevard. Because <br />of the fairly large number of homes in the area it is possible the roadways could be classified as <br />"collector" routes. <br />Each of the streets slated for improvement was noted to contain numerous cracks, both <br />longitudinal and transverse cracks as well as some "alligator" cracking. We also observed several <br />patched areas. <br />1.4 Scope of Services <br />Our scope of services was performed in accordance with the City of Ramey REQUEST FOR <br />PROPOSAL, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, 2022 PROJECTS issued on July 20, 2021. <br />Our scope of service for the Sunwood Drive and Waco Street project included the following tasks: <br />• Performing 6 standard penetration test borings each to a nominal depth of 141/2 feet. <br />• Coring the pavement at 6 locations to measure the thickness of the existing bituminous <br />and aggregate base. <br />• Visually/manually classifying samples recovered from the soil borings. <br />• Performing laboratory tests on selected samples. <br />1 <br />