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North Bend staff preview $1.4M utilities upgrade, slip‑lining work and truck engine rebuild
Summary
City engineers described a Hornislu Road utilities upgrade and slip‑lining work on Broadway, partially funded by EPA grants, and staff recommended rebuilding a 2005 dump truck engine rather than buying a new truck.
Public Works staff told the City Council at the May 12 work session that the Hornislu Road project will replace sanitary and storm sewer and repave the road from Crowell Lane to Washington Street, and that parts of the work are funded by the city’s remaining EPA grant money.
A city representative said the sanitary-sewer portion is funded at about $321,000 and the overall project is roughly $1.4 million; the city received two local bids (Johnson Rock Products and Lasky Clifton Inc.) and the low bid was about $4,000 above the engineer’s estimate. The project includes disability-access ramps and pavement; the staff presentation also advised the council that a speed bump between Crowell Lane and Vermont will be removed and a three-way stop installed at Crowell Lane as part of a plan to narrow the roadway where Pony Slough is eroding the embankment.
Staff described a slip‑lining repair on an older 36‑inch corrugated metal pipe in front of First Community (credit union or bank property), noting that slip‑lining typically inserts a new, smoother pipe (about 30‑inch interior) through the old pipe to restore structural integrity and reduce surface disruption. The staff speaker said the new pipe’s smoother interior has a friction factor of 0.011 and can improve flow capacity while reducing the need to excavate extensive landscaping and roadway.
Separately, Public Works requested authorization to have Gold Coast Trucking rebuild the engine in a 2005 Freightliner dump truck. Staff described diagnostic work that found worn cylinder/piston sleeves and said that the options ranged from replacing piston sleeves (parts estimated at about $5,000 to $9,000 depending on scope) to a full motor rebuild with labor estimated at roughly $6,700; staff noted a full rebuild would carry a guarantee. By comparison, staff said a new dump truck costs about $230,000 to $250,000. The work session included questions about cost, staging area needs for slip‑lining and traffic-control expenses; no formal contract award or purchase was voted at the work session.
