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Council approves plans and bids for I‑94 lift station, force main; culvert replacement included
Summary
Lake Elmo authorized plans and bid advertisement for the I‑94 lift station and force main replacement, upsizing an aging 8‑inch PVC force main to a 16‑inch HDPE line, and combining work to replace a failing 90‑inch culvert with a 72‑inch culvert. Council approved the plans and bid advertisement and staff gave schedule and budget estimates.
Lake Elmo — The City Council voted to approve plans and direct staff to advertise bids for the I‑94 Lift Station and force main improvements, a project staff says will replace a repeatedly failing force main and a deteriorating culvert near Hudson Boulevard.
City engineering staff described the work as replacing approximately 3,000 feet of existing 8‑inch PVC force main with a new 16‑inch outside‑diameter high‑density polyethylene (HDPE) line. City engineer Nathan (last name Stanley) said the lift station pumps must be replaced to operate with the new main; the pumps were not in the current CIP estimate and a vendor quote for three pumps is approximately $150,000.
The culvert replacement was added to the lift station project to take advantage of shared road closure and mobilization. Staff said a failing 90‑inch corrugated metal culvert discovered during development work is being replaced with a 72‑inch culvert sized to current…
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