Fort Worth plans pipe replacements on Bill Glade, Selkirk and Inverness to reduce main breaks

The City of Fort Worth plans to replace cast-iron water mains and several sanitary sewers in the Bill Glade, Selkirk and Inverness area in Council District 3, city project manager Clayton Torrance said at a community design meeting. The project is in the design phase and is intended to reduce frequent main breaks.

The work will replace cast-iron water lines on Bill Glade Road, Selkirk Drive and Inverness Avenue and replace sanitary sewer lines in several easements behind homes, Torrance said. The city’s engineering design consultant on the project is Half and Associates; Leah Hodge is the consultant project manager. Torrance said Fort Worth Water has committed to replacing at least 20 miles of cast-iron pipe every year as part of its capital program.

“This project in particular is going to be replacing cast iron water lines in Bill Glade Road, Selkirk Drive, and Inverness Avenue,” Clayton Torrance, project manager, said. He told residents the project boundaries run roughly from Lennarque Avenue on the north to…