File photo | The Republic A portion of The Crump Theatre’s interior will be part of the Open Door Tour Saturday.
File photo | The Republic
The Crump Theatre is shown in downtown Columbus.
Certain areas near the Crump Theatre in downtown Columbus will be closed off for about a week as contractors install a new roof on the building.
The Columbus Board of Works approved a special use of right-of-way request for the work on Tuesday.
Crump project manager Jess Schnepp wrote in her request that the timeline for the project will depend on weather, with the work expect to run from Tuesday to Nov. 3. She added that crews will not work over the weekend.
Schnepp requested that the alleys on the west and south side of the theatre be closed to vehicles and pedestrians during this time.
“We are also requesting special use of the street parking spaces to the east of the theater for contractors during this time due to equipment being located in the attached parking lot to the east,” she added.
City engineering technician Aimee Morris said that Schnepp is working with the Department of Public Works to get their guidance on the best way to close alleys and parking near the theatre.
“I believe they’re going to go ahead and set up and start as soon as the meeting’s over, as soon as I tell her to go,” Morris said.
Schnepp said in a previous interview that the work was expected to begin Tuesday and run through about Nov. 1, with an estimated cost of just under $50,000.
A single private donation is expected to cover that expense, she said. Some of the materials may be donated, which will lower the cost of the shingles and rolled rubber roofing.
Two separate firms — Richardson Renovations of Bloomington and Robertson Construction Inc. of Nashville, Indiana — are doing the work.
This weekend’s events — the Who’s Hoo Country Music Awards Pre-Party and Saturday’s 8 p.m. concert by the Graveyard Stompers — are scheduled to go on at the Crump as planned since work will not be done Friday evening or on Saturday and Sunday.
