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Valdosta council approves design, inspection and equipment purchases for wastewater, sewer and utilities projects

City of Valdosta Mayor and Council · April 11, 2025
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Summary

Council approved multiple utility and infrastructure actions including a $485,010 design services proposal for Lakeland Highway lift station rehab, a technical evaluation of the Knights Creek trunk line, a $279,900 sole‑source microbar screen purchase for Mud Creek WPCP, and a payment/performance bond for the AMI contract; staff also approved a relocation agreement with Georgia Power assigning the city to pay 47.85% of reimbursable relocation costs.

City staff presented several measures to address aging wastewater and utility infrastructure and council approved them.

Engineer Ben O'Dowd described the Lakeland Highway lift station rehab and related force main and gravity sewer work, tracing pipe history and earlier emergency repairs. He presented a design services fee breakdown that staff summarized as a $485,010 lump sum for survey, engineering, environmental…

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