The Edmond Public Works Authority on Thursday accepted a bid and approved an agreement for the FY25 waterline improvement projects Phase 1, a $6,337,000 effort to upgrade water and sewer infrastructure in parts of northeast Edmond.

Will Huggins, a Water Resources representative, told the authority the project will cover work around North Balmond Avenue, East Ayer Street, North Bryant Avenue and East 2nd Street and has two primary objectives: "to create dedicated water, well transmission mains to convey well water from wells 810 And 14 to a new proposed elevated storage tank and then also replace aging infrastructure, distribution lines within the area." He also said crews will address two known sanitary-sewer deficiencies to minimize future disruptions for residents.

Huggins said the project is in the city’s five-year capital plan and included in the FY25 budget. Following Huggins’s summary, the authority received a motion to accept the bid and approve the agreement; the motion passed unanimously, 5-0.

The approved contract funds construction and related activities; Huggins and council members described the work as both capacity-building (new transmission mains and a planned elevated storage tank) and replacement of aging distribution systems. The authority did not provide an estimated construction timeline in the meeting remarks.

The Public Works Authority’s approval moves the project out of procurement and toward contracting and construction phases. Staff did not identify additional state or federal approvals required during the discussion.

The authority adjourned its session and reconvened the City Council later in the evening.