Their work narrowed the river channel by at least 10 feet. This would be illegal for a civilian to do, but is okay for a public agency.
This is the river ice they broke up and moved. Look how thick it already is - formed in the last 3 or 4 weeks.
I walked all the way up to the bridge on the ice. I could hear the river under the thickness of it chuckling and gurgling.
The excavators are coming next week to work on the rest of the road.