Crown Point advances water and wastewater projects as downtown interceptor bids come in under budget

Crown Point City officials on April 16 updated the Board of Public Works on a package of water and wastewater projects and approved related contract actions and budget reallocations.

Public works staff reported that design and funding steps are continuing for a new 24‑inch water supply line and that a public meeting and preliminary engineering report for that project and the next round of lead service line replacements are set for April 21 at 9 a.m. The city’s current lead service line replacement work was bid on March 31; Gatlin Plumbing was the low bidder at about $3,347,000, below the engineer’s estimate of $3,526,070, and staff said the project will proceed with replacements “until we run out of funds.”

The board heard that the wastewater treatment plant project is “substantially complete.” The city has assembled a certificate of substantial completion and a punch list of…