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Richmond details CSO overhaul, cites $100 million award and revised plan to meet 2035 deadline
Summary
Department of Public Utilities outlined a phased combined sewer overflow program, said value engineering trimmed the original near-$1.2 billion estimate by more than $500 million, highlighted a recent $100,000,000 award for a design-build contract, and reiterated statutory deadlines to start and complete construction by 2025/2035.
Scott Morris, director of the Department of Public Utilities, provided a status update on Richmond's combined sewer overflow (CSO) interim and final plans, the project's phased investments and regulatory milestones, and funding needs required to meet state and federal deadlines.
Morris reviewed past investments and the three-phase program and said the city has met interim-plan milestones: submitting the interim plan and starting construction by the statutory dates. "We were required to complete construction, by 07/01/2027," Morris said, and for the final plan the…
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