City to price water/sewer bonds Nov. 6; Duquesne paving confirmed, Wheeling Hill sidewalk options still under review

Wheeling — City staff told the Wheeling City Council on Oct. 21 that the city anticipates pricing water and sewer bonds on Nov. 6 and confirmed Duquesne Avenue paving work tied to recent sanitary sewer repairs.

City manager’s staff said Caston Baker was authorized to finish sanitary sewer work on Duquesne Avenue and to proceed with paving; the council adopted a $23,999 paving ordinance connected to that work. The manager said additional sewer pipe replacements were discovered during repairs and that camera work and separation of storm and sanitary flows are ongoing. “We discovered additional sewer pipe that needed to be replaced, and we have replaced it,” staff said; paving was scheduled to proceed as weather permitted.

The manager also told council the water and sewer bond issue approved at the previous meeting is expected to be priced Nov. 6 and will fund several projects, most notably a digester‑cleaning project at the wastewater treatment plant.

Council asked for an update on the deteriorated sidewalks on Wheeling Hill. Staff described prior engineering work that found replacing the existing downhill sidewalks would be costly (an estimated $4–5 million in earlier studies because of deteriorated supporting walls), and described negotiating alternatives with the Department of Highways, including moving the sidewalk to the uphill side and narrowing traffic lanes. The DOH has not given final approval; staff reported continuing discussions and a possibility of a joint DOH/city project that combines bank stabilization and sidewalk construction if central engineering approves a lane reduction in that short segment.

Provenance: City manager report and discussion of Duquesne work and Wheeling Hill appear at 00:48:16 and continue through the original propositions and Duquesne paving ordinance readings at 01:03:45.