Staff reports steady progress on Stevens waterline, 24-inch pipeline lining and other public-works projects
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Roseburg staff updated the Public Works Commission on the Stevens waterline construction, completion milestones on the 24-inch transmission main (including a cured-in-place liner under the railroad), the start of the Military Storm project and upcoming bids for Stewart Park tennis courts and airport taxiway extension.
City public-works staff on Feb. 24, 2025, told the Roseburg Public Works Commission that several active projects are progressing and provided short timelines for upcoming work.
Staff said construction started after Thanksgiving on the Stevens waterline project: about 2,700 lineal feet of 12-inch ductile-iron main beginning at Sykes Avenue and terminating at Oak Street, with the main section installed up to Cass Street. The project remains active to complete side-street connections and service hookups and is expected to continue for a few more months.
Staff also reported that the 24-inch transmission-main work between Isabel (Isabelle) and Newton Creek reached substantial completion in September. The city delayed final acceptance while a subcontractor completed lining of an intertie near the Salvation Army that crossed under the railroad tracks; staff said the project team used a cured-in-place pipeline liner for that intertie to avoid trenching under the railroad and to rehabilitate a ductile-iron segment previously installed around 1970. Pressure testing was underway at the time of the meeting and staff expected to place the intertie into service within a week.
Commissioners asked about maintaining water service while lining the intertie; staff said the lined section was a short, roughly 50-foot intertie that could be taken offline without interrupting city service.
Staff provided brief updates on other work: the Military Storm project began construction the week of the meeting and is expected to run on a short schedule (about a month); the city plans to solicit bids to repair or replace outdoor tennis courts at Stewart Park; and staff is coordinating submittals with Knife River on the airport Taxiway A extension construction project.
Commissioners also discussed historical storm-drain work and neighborhood flooding, and staff noted ongoing efforts to replace aging water meters as a way to address rising apparent water loss that staff said had increased after earlier reductions.
