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Bowie manager outlines $1.5 million plan to realign creek, replace bridge culverts
Summary
City Manager described plans to straighten a creek at the Rock and Pillar Street intersection, replace the bridge with larger culverts, line the channel with concrete riprap and build headwalls; staff will select an engineering firm and may finance the work in-house or use a post-approval borrowing resolution.
City Manager reported that Bowie plans to realign the creek at the Rock and Pillar Street intersection and replace the existing bridge infrastructure as part of a larger repair project. "Our initial plans are to straighten out the creek, cut down the turbulence of the water by moving the bridge to the south and, making the street creek straighter," the City Manager said, adding the project would use "4 60 inch plastic culverts that will not rust out."
The manager said the work would include concrete aprons approaching the culverts, "extremely substantial head walls on both the upstream and down 3 ends of the bridge," and lining the channel with concrete riprap "to the extent financially possible." He estimated the project "will be approximately a million and a half dollars inclusive of all the expense of design, engineering and construction."
The council was told staff has met with two engineering firms — one from Wichita Falls and one from Fort Worth — to review drainage solutions and cost ideas. The manager said the city will hold one more round of meetings with the firms and "decide on which firm to hire to design the project. I expect to make a decision in the next week and hopefully we can get the engineers hired and get to work on that."
On financing, the manager said the city "believe[s] we can finance it in house. We can borrow the money if needed, but I don't think we will." He noted a resolution provided by the city's financial adviser that the council could pass to allow borrowing after a vote on the project if the council chooses.
Council members asked no substantive follow-up questions in the recorded segment. The report also noted work on a substation transfer project has resumed and that a switch long ordered remains delayed by suppliers, which could affect timelines for other infrastructure work.
