Grand Haven consultant outlines 20‑year asset management plan; lead-line work, a $9M Grant Street project top priorities

Consultants from Adam Marsh Associates presented a 20‑year asset management plan to the Grand Haven City Council on Jan. 5, detailing the city’s inventory and condition of water, sanitary, storm and road assets and recommending a prioritized capital program.

Leah Bechtel, the consultant leading the work, told council the plan covers distribution and collection systems under city roads and excludes treatment plants, city buildings and parks. She said the team compiled system inventories and condition data, then scored assets by likelihood and consequence of failure to map priority projects.

The report lists roughly 80 miles of water main, about 60 miles of sanitary sewer with more than 1,000 manholes and 13 lift stations, over 40 miles of storm sewer and almost 60 miles of roads within the city limits. Bechtel said the water system contains large amounts of cast‑iron pipe installed in the 1920s and 1960s and that the consultant verified service‑line materials in a dashboard posted to the city…