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City staff outlines street, signal and water-main projects, and asks for patience on snow-plow damage repairs
Summary
City Public Works staff updated the Public Services Commission on several transportation and utility projects, including bids on paving programs, a planned traffic signal at Hardwood Court, and a roughly $7 million raw water main funded by a 3M settlement.
City staff briefed the Public Services Commission on a series of public-works projects and operational issues, including pavement management, a planned traffic signal, a multi-million-dollar water-main installation and winter-maintenance follow-up.
Ryan and other staff said the city’s 2025 pavement-management project is out to bid and came in roughly $400,000 under the engineer’s estimate, and a separate mill-and-overlay package covering Timber Ridge and Hardwood Avenue will be bid soon. Ryan said a traffic signal at the Hardwood Court–Hardwood Avenue intersection is planned for installation this summer; the intersection was originally designed for a signal and staff concluded a roundabout would require excessive right-of-way and was not feasible.
Ryan also described a large water-infrastructure project: a roughly 2.5-mile, large-diameter raw water main to connect wells 11 and 12 to a new treatment plant near the fire station. He said the contract is out for bid, the project is about $7 million, and funding is provided by a 3M settlement so it will not be charged to the city’s operating budget.
Public Works staff discussed winter operations: crews began spring sweeping and pothole repairs, and the public works division will transition from cold mix to hot mix asphalt now that a nearby hot mix plant has opened. Staff asked for residents’ patience after a recent heavy, wet snowstorm that caused extra curb and boulevard damage during plowing and said the city will repair plow damage — typically by replacing soil and seed — if residents report it through the city website or phone line.
Ryan said directional drilling will be used in one short segment that crosses private property where the trail is too narrow for an open trench; staff said the homeowner will be compensated for a small easement. Other work, including most pipe installations in parks and streets, will be open trench with ductile iron pipe as usual.
Staff said the Hardwood Court signal and several paving projects should have limited construction impacts, and the large raw water-main work is planned for this summer with funding in place.
