Board awards $1.086 million Spring Street sanitary sewer interceptor contract; project includes new access road

The Port Washington Board of Public Works approved a $1,086,000 contract to replace a sanitary sewer interceptor along Spring Street and move the sewer into city easement away from a private building.

"This is a project we've been working on for a number of years," said Brad, who presented the project background to the board and traced planning back to a 2018 extreme rain event that caused backups along Spring Street. Brad said the existing configuration includes a bottleneck where smaller-diameter lines converge and that portions of the sewer currently run under a private Veolia building.

Brad said the low bid from PTS, the city's street contractor, is $1,086,000 — inside the city budgeted amount of $1,100,000 — and recommended award. He said a key project benefit is relocating the sewer out of private building area into an easement and building an access road up to the railroad tracks; staff will pursue a future railroad crossing to move the bike trail off the street if approvals and funding allow.

Alderman Tierney moved to award the contract and Board member Haley seconded. The motion carried by voice vote.

Brad and other staff answered technical questions about alignment, connections at First Street and construction impacts; staff said the existing main likely will be abandoned in place where the new alignment is installed. The board did not set a construction start date but noted the crossing with the railroad would require separate negotiations and funding.