Great progress continued in bunkers this past week. We have only a few fairway bunkers in need of excavation remaining. All green side bunkers have received their new sand and we have begun to deliver sand to some fairway bunker complexes. With the colder overnights we have had to halt flushing the drainage system. This work will continue in spring to ensure our bunkers are draining properly. Our goal will be to complete the excavation works remaining this week and to hopefully haul out all contaminated materials by weeks end.
This will be the last week that we see bunker work take place this fall. We are beginning to lose efficiencies with frost/ frozen ground each morning followed by minimal working daylight hours. Heading into spring we are in a good position with this project. We will be able to disperse the sand piled in bunkers. Once this is complete the bunkers will be plate tamped and ready for golf. We have minimal drainage works remaining and will need to haul sand to fairway bunkers only. This winter the bunker sand will be stored in the back parking lot. This is allowing us to avoid road restrictions and inflated costs in spring and it is also keeping the sand on a clean solid surface to avoid contamination.
Weather dependent we expect that we can complete the work remaining in bunkers in about 21 working days. We are hopeful that we will be able to resume this process sometime in April next spring. While we can expect some work to continue once the course opens we are confident that this process will be completed well within the projected time line in advance of the end of May.