The foreman for Warren's new 600-space parking garage has noticed something very unusual about Warren.

"Nobody has complained yet."

Construction of the six-level Clark St. garage, which began two weeks ago, and Don Wig, project foreman for Perry Construction, has been surprised that the only comments he has heard are positive.

Wig said downtown projects of the parking garage's magnitude are almost always accompanied by some complaints from the public about parking and traffic disruption and the cost of the project to taxpayers.

"I haven't heard one person in Warren say one negative thing about this," Wig said on Tuesday. "That's really unusual."

Wig said deliveries of steel will be made in stages as materials for the six levels of the garage are needed and he does not expect the trucks should create any major problems for downtown motorists.

Steel for the garage will be delivered from Erie.

"There aren't going to be any convoys of trucks" arriving in Warren at the same time, said Wig.

After Tuesday's groundbreaking ceremony for the $5.5 million parking garage, architect Mark Bates of Thomas Harley Architects said that Perry Construction has 365 days to complete the project.

The steel for the piers has been driven up to 120 feet into the ground and Bates said, "There have very few problems" in terms of obstructions.

Bates said he was aware that there was a millrace located in the area at one time, but so far no signs of the millrace have been encountered.

Wig said between 65 and 68 percent percent of the piles for piers for the garage, which will stretch from the foot of Liberty St. to near the rear of the Times Observer building, had been driven as of Tuesday morning.

"We hope to be above ground with the piers and maybe do some of the flooring" before winter weather sets in, said Wig. "We can work right through the winter if it doesn't get too severe."

At the peak of activity, Wig estimated, from 30 to 35 construction workers will be on the job.