We had another successful day of construction in the community of Ryder Lake thanks to Lafarge. Our talented excavator driver, Jeff, carefully carved out the bank at the ends of the culvert to allow unimpeded access for the amphibians to the crossing structure.  We also added many more loads of road base on top of the culvert after placing concrete rings around the toad “windows”.   The road base was compacted to provide a solid foundation for paving.  More gravel was added into the culvert and Brandon painstakingly spread it out by hand.

Cleaning up the end of the culvert.

Adding road base to stabilize bank at end of culvert.

Compacting road base over culvert to create solid foundation for paving.

Cementing in the concrete rings for the drain covers (toad “windows”).

The culvert sections now ready for finishing touches.