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Council awards multiple ARPA‑funded infrastructure contracts including $10.3M Generosity Creek sewer relief project
Summary
Council approved several contracts funded primarily through American Rescue Plan Act allocations and a state rural infrastructure grant, including waterline replacement on Main Street, a large sewer relief trunk line, streambank restoration at Lafayette/White Street, and a major North Street drainage replacement.
At its December meeting the Anderson City Council approved a package of infrastructure contracts financed mainly from the city’s ARPA allocation and a $10 million state Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) grant. City staff said these projects address aging utilities, compliance requirements and chronic drainage problems.
Key votes at a glance (all approvals passed unanimously):
- Main Street waterline replacement (J&M Construction LLC): contract award recommended at $2,421,950 for removal and replacement of a 10‑inch water main on Main Street from Tribble Street to Reed Street. Scott Banks, utility director, said the line is aged and falls under the EPA’s revised lead and copper rule; staff recommended replacing the line before repaving work begins. Staff expects construction to start in February and run into late summer (roughly February–August/September).
- Generosity Creek sewer relief (Moorhead Construction): council approved the base bid plus the first alternate for a total bid amount of $8,954,541.78 and authorized a 15% contingency of $1,343,181.27, yielding a project contingency‑included total of approximately $10,297,793.05. The project, funded principally through a $10,000,000 RIA grant and sewer fund balances as needed, will install approximately 96,100 feet of 42‑inch pipe and 26,100 feet of 36‑inch pipe (total linear footage stated in engineering summary) as a parallel relief trunk to increase system capacity.
- Lafayette/White Street streambank restoration (RES Technologies): council awarded a $284,501.81 construction contract to restore about 300 linear feet of an eroding streambank near Moore Street and Moore Street crossing; staff said the chosen approach is a naturalized streambank restoration to reduce long‑term maintenance and address a culvert bottleneck causing accelerated erosion.
- North Street drainage improvement (Reeves Young): council awarded a construction contract not to exceed $2,851,874 for removal and replacement of over 2,000 linear feet of storm pipe (36–60 inch) along backyards from East Calhoun through North Street to address recent pipe failures and system capacity concerns. The project funding will draw $2,663,774 from the city’s ARPA allocation and $188,700 from the stormwater capital fund.
Funding and schedule context: the city’s ARPA allocation of roughly $14.5 million is the principal funding source for several items; the Generosity Creek project is funded by a $10 million state Rural Infrastructure Authority grant administered to the city. Council and staff emphasized federal and state ARPA deadlines and grant terms: projects must be under contract by year end for certain ARPA obligations and some state grant deadlines apply; staff said spending deadlines for some grants extend through mid‑2026.
Council discussion included contingency planning for unforeseen underground conditions, coordination so paving is not undermined by later utility digs, and the use of CCTV inspection and trenchless relining where appropriate to limit disruptions. Several council members noted that these projects would not be possible without ARPA and state grant funding.
