2024 AC Water Main Replacements

Project Details/Neighborhood

SE Gallagher Hill Rd (3700 Block to 3600 Block)
Greenbrier Lane (SE 40^th St, north to Gallagher Hill Rd)
SE 40^th St from Greenbrier Lane to 93^rd Ave SE
93^rd and 94^th Ave SE from SE 40^th St to SE 43^rd St
Crestwood Place

Project Timeline

Planning/Design (Q4 2023 – Q2 2024)
Construction Timeline (Q3 2024– Q2 2025)

Estimated Budget

$3.159 M

Project ID: WU0135

Status Updates

October 4, 2024

Construction work is scheduled to begin at the end of October to replace old asbestos cement water mains in the upper Mercerwood neighborhood, east of the high school. Construction will take several months, with project completion anticipated in spring of 2025.

September 2024

An onsite precon was performed last week with Kar-Vel Construction. Notice To Proceed for the project will be given for the end of October 2024 to start work on Greenbrier Lane, as well in the upper Mercerwood neighborhood, just east of the high school. This project begins a multi-year effort to replace all of the asbestos cement (AC) watermain within that neighborhood.

July 2024

This project is scheduled to be awarded at the July 16 City Council meeting to by Kar-Vel Construction. The City anticipates that work on this project will begin in September 2024

March 2024
Design work for replacing asbestos cement (AC) water mains is in the 90% design stage, with bidding planned for late May. A second water main project to replace aging and undersized mains is in the 60% design stage. Staff plan to stagger the construction of these two major projects, with the AC main starting in summer and the other project following a few months later. There will be additional AC main replacement projects over the next 6 years.

January 2024

This project has just completed a 15% review meeting and is moving forward to 60% design. Project is scheduled to advertise for construction bids in late spring 2024.

December 2023

The site survey for this project has been completed and staff will be meeting with the consultant soon to discuss preliminary location and alignments for the new water mains. A significant amount of this project is located within the Mercerwood neighborhood.

Planning/Design
In September of 2023, Consor North America, Inc was hired as the design consultant. Survey for this project begins in early November 2023 and should continue over the next several weeks.