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City Announces East Superior Ramp Opens Friday, October 26th

The City of Duluth is pleased to announce, after a temporary closure for repairs and cleaning, the East Superior Street Public Ramp will reopen for parking tomorrow morning.

Some highlights of the work completed during the closure are as follows:

• Replaced two large areas of significantly deteriorated concrete, totaling about 400 square feet, on the top floor of the facility.
• Repaired one weight-bearing column and two weight-bearing haunches.
• Repaired 20 ceiling leaks throughout the facility.
• Repaired 2 pipe leaks.
• Machine swept entire facility.
• Pressure washed all levels.
• Painted parking space lines throughout the facility.
• Cleaned elevator cab glass and the interior of the elevator column glass.
• Patched and painted west wall of the attendant booth.
  

Earlier this month, the following elevator performance repairs also were completed at the ramp:

• Replaced elevator door gibbs and adjusted doors.
• Replaced door locks.
• Replaced door operator belt.
• Replaced stop roller on the door operator.
• Replaced bearing block assembly on the door operator.
• Replaced door clutch rollers.
• Replaced contacts on the cab gate switch.
• Replaced starter contacts.
• Replaced burned-out bulbs.
• Lubricated jack packings.
• Cleaned cab top and pit. 

Additional aesthetic enhancements will be completed over the coming weeks and months while the facility will remain open to the public.

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