Bay Village outlines multi-pronged sewer and flood mitigation projects; rehab costs rise in review

Bay Village officials provided a progress update on a coordinated set of sewer and flood‑mitigation projects at the May 5 committee meeting and asked council to approve advertising three related bids.

Jeff Filarski, the consultant who presented the update, said the Long Beach Force Main rehabilitation is complete and restoration work remains. Filarski described two planned projects that will target sewer mains and catch‑basin laterals based on nine months of internal-video testing performed by Duke’s crew control: a city sewer‑main rehabilitation project (aimed to go to bid this month) and a separate catch‑basin repair program.

Filarski told council that an early order‑of‑magnitude estimate for the city‑side rehabilitation was about $750,000, but a detailed review of video and test results increased the estimated cost to “about 1,300,000” for the city work. He said the earlier estimate for catch‑basin related repairs had been about $500,000 but that final costs for those repairs were not yet available.…