Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Infrastructure Sewer topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
City staff outlines White Oaks Road sewer pump station plan; no vote required
Summary
Public works outlined a sewer pump station and associated gravity sewer extension on White Oaks Road to serve Lady of the Lakes, Paugus Woods and nearby properties. Staff said there is no cost to the city for the segment the developer is conveying and that the project will be constructed in phases.
LACONIA, N.H. — The Laconia Planning Board heard a presentation Tuesday on a proposed sewer pump station and gravity sewer extension on White Oaks Road intended to serve Lady of the Lakes, Paugus Woods and adjacent properties.
Nate Jurett, assistant director of public works, described a compact pump station building (approximately 11 by 14 feet) with buried electrical and propane and said the facility would collect sewage from north and south of Sarasota Drive and pump to an existing sewer main. He said the city will accept ownership of about a mile of gravity sewer from Brady Sullivan and that the project includes easements alongside White Oaks Road.
Jurett said the current project limits include provision of sewer from Lady of the Lakes north to 796 White Oaks Road, with a later phase intended to add service to roughly nine homes on Fillmore Street and the southern portion of White Oaks that are presently unserved. He described two possible technical approaches to serve that ‘belly’ in the road: a much larger pump station (costly) or a low‑pressure force main, which the city has used elsewhere.
The project timeline discussed includes installing a 3‑inch force main, running service laterals from the road and paving the initial project segment between Lady of the Lakes and 796 White Oaks; Jurett said the remainder of the road could be paved in the spring following installation of the force main.
Board members asked about cost to the city; Jurett said there is no cost to the city for the sewer segment being conveyed by the developer. He said the plan originally arose when Lady of the Lakes could not obtain access through neighboring Guilford and that a plan B was developed to keep flows in Laconia and serve additional developable parcels to the north.
Because the project does not constitute a governmental use subject to an additional public hearing, the board did not hold a separate hearing or vote and staff indicated no formal board action was required at this time.
What happens next: Public works will proceed with design and coordination with property owners for service laterals; staff indicated further permitting and easement documentation will be pursued as required.
