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Collierville approves $1.78 million contract for Downtown Drainage Phase 4, funded by stormwater fees
Summary
The board awarded a $1,780,870 contract to Delgado General on March 24 for Phase 4 of downtown drainage improvements, to be fully funded by town stormwater fees; the contract requires 180 days for completion and liquidated damages of $1,000 per day.
The Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen on March 24 approved a $1,780,870 contract award to Delgado General for Downtown Drainage Phase 4, which the town said will address chronic flooding issues on Mill Street and tie into future Walnut Street drainage work.
Town engineer Dale Perryman told the board Phase 4 will be 100 percent funded using town stormwater fees and includes grading and drainage of roughly one acre, construction of 458 feet of a 16-foot-wide box culvert, installation of multiple pipe runs (15-inch to 108-inch), nine drainage structures, adjustment of utilities on Mill Street, Greenbelt Trail work and traffic control. The work also includes replacement and upsizing of the existing undersized box culvert under Mill Street.
Perryman said the downtown drainage program is multi-phase: Phase 1 ran from U.S. 72 to Sycamore Road and was completed in February 2018; Phase 2 (box culvert under Sycamore Road) was completed in September 2019; Phase 3 (upstream of Sycamore Road to about 200 feet west of Mill Street) was completed in April 2024. Perryman said the Walnut Street drainage project will be bid this summer and will tie into the Phase 4 work to further reduce flooding on the west side of the square.
Thirteen vendors requested plans and four bids were received; staff determined Delgado General was the lowest and most responsive bidder at $1,780,870, about $14,102 lower than the next bid. The contract sets a 180-day completion period (roughly six months) and liquidated damages of $1,000 per day.
Perryman recommended the award and the board approved the contract on a roll-call vote. Perryman noted past work on earlier phases and said public improvements from the downtown drainage program include greenbelt trail enhancements and landscaping in addition to flood control.
If the board approves the separate Walnut Street drainage contract this summer, staff said the two projects will be linked to increase overall downtown drainage capacity.
