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Punta Gorda officials seek funding and design approval for $6.1 million wastewater pumping upgrades
Summary
City staff asked the council to support preliminary design and engineering work for upgrades at two aging wastewater pumping facilities, citing regulatory pressure and increased failure risk; phase 1 design contract proposed at $861,905.
Punta Gorda City staff told the council at the pre-agenda meeting that a planned upgrade to the city’s two major wastewater pumping facilities is now estimated at about $6.1 million and that council support is needed to move into preliminary design and engineering.
Tom Spencer, utilities director, said the combined project updates pumps, piping, electrical switchgear, generators, variable-frequency drives and motor controls at the master pumping facility at 900 West Henry Street and a booster facility at 4300 Henry Street. “The risk of failure is increasing, and we’re under regulatory pressure, to make these upgrades,” Spencer said.
Spencer said the…
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