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County to solicit bids for corrugated metal pipe; staff and commissioners discuss phased road plan and grant strategy
Summary
Public Works staff requested authorization to seek bids for aluminized corrugated metal pipe for a South Buckeye curve; discussion included pipe material tradeoffs, a 42-inch arch size, and possible phased road work tied to grant applications including Safe Streets for All.
Brandon, a Public Works staff member, asked the Board of County Commissioners at the Aug. 4 meeting for permission to solicit bids for corrugated metal pipe inventory and specific pipe work on South Buckeye. “So I'd like to request to go out for bid for corrugated metal pipes,” Brandon said.
Brandon told commissioners that the county’s standard material is aluminized metal and that many of the pipes in the county are “aluminized…16,” which he said typically provides service-life measured in decades. He estimated a service life of roughly 30 years on average depending on local soil conditions. Brandon described material…
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