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Council approves $1.36 million contract to open-cut Fowler Avenue sewer line after months of failures
Summary
The City of Temple Terrace approved a $1,362,557.64 contract with Sun Civil LLC to open-cut East Fowler Avenue and replace a collapsed sanitary sewer crossing. The work is allowed by FDOT, must be substantially complete by June 30, and drew questions about earlier contractor performance and remaining work outside the travelway.
The City of Temple Terrace voted to award a $1,362,557.64 emergency contract to Sun Civil LLC to replace a collapsed sanitary sewer pipe under East Fowler Avenue, authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement and fund it from account 450-1931-535.63-34.
The contract covers an open-cut across Fowler Avenue — rather than a drilled bore under the roadway — and includes a performance bond and a June 30 completion requirement. City staff told council the work could begin as early as the coming Friday evening and would be staged across two weekends with traffic reconfigurations approved by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).
The contract is limited to installing casing and the replacement pipe under the FDOT travelway; staff said remaining…
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