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City outlines asset-management program, highlights sewer-cleaning savings and $85–$105M street backlog
Summary
City staff told the commission Oct. 7 that data-driven changes to sanitary-sewer cleaning and model-driven conveyance planning reduced near-term operating demands and avoided higher-cost capital alternatives, but staff also cited a citywide street-maintenance backlog estimated at $85–$105 million to reach a PCI target of 70.
City staff and consultants presented a multi-part asset-management and capital-improvement overview at the Lawrence City Commission work session Oct. 7, detailing recent operational wins and longer-term funding needs.
Sanitary-sewer cleaning and targeted CCTV inspection: Nick Hoyt, engineering program manager, described a data-driven change to sewer preventative maintenance. After years of repeatedly cleaning a set of high‑maintenance sewers (including some on a monthly schedule), the city contracted Trek Design Group to CCTV inspect lines after initial cleaning to establish the correct maintenance intervals. Hoyt said that of roughly 112 previously identified high-maintenance segments, about one-third required monthly cleaning while many could be moved to 12–18 month cycles — a change Hoyt estimated could save about $400,000 annually in staff and equipment…
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