The Demorest wall project is finally nearing completion. The required handrails began being installed earlier this past week. According to City Manager Mark Musselwhite, it should take about 10 days for the handrails to be installed and “the barrels along the wall should go away.”.
Once the handrails are installed, the sidewalk will be reopened to pedestrian traffic.
The project began last May and was expected to be completed in late summer. The city was informed during the project’s construction that receiving the handrails in a timely manner would hinder its completion before the city’s Fourth of July celebration. At that time, the project was anticipated to be completed by the end of August due to the delay in receiving the handrails.
The project came about due to flooding rains from Hurricane Delta in October 2020 that caused sections of the original concrete wall to buckle and begin to crumble.
Georgia Department of Transportation contracted Vertical Earth Incorporated to oversee the project at a cost of $733,000. The original completion date for the project was set for December 31.
