Council approves $20,000 change order for Colliers Ferry pump station; project largely FEMA-funded, near completion

Beaumont City Council approved a change order to the Colliers Ferry pump station contract to add traffic- and site-security measures, officials said, as the large mitigation project nears completion.

City staff said the change order under consideration — roughly $20,000 — covers a traffic attenuation device and a gate to improve safety where Pine Street meets the pump station entrance, plus a pole for security cameras to extend coverage of the pump station and adjacent Colliers Ferry Park. The project manager told council the total Colliers Ferry project is a complex undertaking with an estimated value near $25 million.

Staff reported that approximately 90% of the Colliers Ferry project is funded by FEMA as part of Harvey recovery mitigation, with roughly 7.5% covered by state funds. The change order included credit line items that reduced some costs elsewhere in the contract; staff said they will reconcile remaining line items during project closeout.

Council heard that construction work is approaching final stages: staff said they expect construction activities to be finished by September and that some pump-station equipment would remain idle until related waterline work on Pine Street is complete (staff estimated operations readiness for that pipeline as February–April next year). Council approved the change order; staff said a final reconciliation change order would follow at project closeout.

The amendment aims to improve public safety and site security as the project is readied for operation and long-term maintenance.