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Council accepts sanitary‑sewer feasibility study that outlines $31–36 million buildout
Summary
Consultant Bolton & Menk presented a sanitary sewer feasibility study that models future sewersheds, recommends several lift stations and estimates construction costs near $31 million and total program costs approaching $36 million; council accepted the study to guide long‑range planning and funding analysis.
The New Prague City Council voted to accept a sanitary sewer feasibility study that models future growth areas, potential pipe routes and preliminary lift‑station locations, with estimated construction costs in the range of $31 million and total program costs—including contingencies—approaching $36 million.
Tim Olsen of Bolton & Menk summarized the study's goals and results: the report leverages recent comprehensive‑plan land‑use updates to size trunk sewers and lift stations and to identify potential force‑main alignments. The model identified roughly five lift‑station locations and associated piping required to serve future development areas; consultants noted that staging and phasing would be used so that costs are incurred over time rather than all at once.
Council members asked about routing through developed areas, coordination with future road corridors (including Alton Avenue), and how existing large pipes (for example near the school and roundabout) could be leveraged. Staff and the consultant also discussed available funding tools: local sewer access charges, area charges on new plats, bonding, state revolving fund/clean water loans, PFA programs, assessments and EDA grants.
The study is intended as a planning tool to inform future developer negotiations and capital budgeting. Council accepted the feasibility study and directed staff to return with additional analysis on area charges and potential funding strategies.
Why it matters: the study defines the scale and potential cost of sewer infrastructure needed to support planned growth and will be used to shape future developer contributions, impact fees and long‑range capital planning for New Prague.
