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Mesa staff seek approval to build $14–15 million McKellips Road sewer relief line; construction could start in spring
Summary
City staff told the Council the McKellips Road Sewer Relief Project is designed to relieve an overloaded manhole at McKellips and Gilbert, that a contractor is under negotiated contract, that Maricopa County approval to construct is in hand, and that construction could start in March–April with a roughly 16‑month projected schedule.
Mesa city staff told the City Council during a Jan. 30 study session that a relief sewer for the McKellips and Gilbert intersection is ready to begin construction and will be recommended for formal approval at the Feb. 3 council meeting.
The McKellips Road Sewer Relief Project, budgeted at about $14 million–$14.5 million, will build a new sewer line to relieve capacity at a manhole near McKellips and Gilbert where four lines converge, city staff said. Chris, a city public works staff member, said the city’s flow monitoring and modeling showed the location “was nearing the end of capacity.”
The project moved up the capital-improvement plan after flow monitors installed about two and a half years ago showed surcharging and…
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