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Monroe delays wastewater expansion bid to allow cost optimization, staff says
Summary
City staff proposed pushing the wastewater treatment plant expansion bidding schedule into early 2026 to allow permit margin, cost optimization and a stronger Local Government Commission application; council and city manager supported the revised timetable.
Monroe City staff on May 13 outlined a revised schedule for the wastewater treatment plant expansion, saying a modest delay would allow further cost optimization, provide margin for unresolved permits and improve financing timing.
Water Resources staff member Rob Miller told council the project scope is to expand the plant from 10.4 million gallons per day (MGD) to 13.4 MGD and includes a new influent pump station, screening, filters, biological nutrient removal (BNR) tanks and clarifiers, UV disinfection, site work, stormwater, electrical and instrumentation. Miller said the original schedule aimed for permit approvals and a formal May 2025 bid advertisement and a July 2025 council award so an LGC (Local Government Commission) application…
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