Park City Council approved change orders Sept. 9 for the Phase 2 stormwater drainage project that require lowering and replacing several water lines where new box culverts will be installed.

Staff outlined specific locations: East Parkview near Judson, Hartford near Ashford, and Mobile Drive. The proposal would replace and lower water lines at Parkview and Hartford with 4-inch lines and upsize the Mobile Drive segment from 4-inch to 8-inch, creating a loop connection to an existing 8-inch main on Connolly Court.

The nut graf: upsizing the Mobile Drive segment provides system resiliency by creating a loop and replaces aging infrastructure; the work is consistent with the city’s annual water-line replacement program and is proposed to be paid from the utility fund.

Total projected contract cost for the work was presented as $145,590; staff recommended approval of a change order not to exceed $180,790 to be paid from the utility fund. Terry Osborne moved to approve the change order; Jim Schrader seconded and the council voted 7-0.

Staff said the upsized 8-inch connection will eliminate a dead end and improve water coverage. The council approved the funding transfer from the utility fund’s CIP/CEF improvement accounts to cover the unbudgeted additional costs.