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Amherst County Service Authority outlines scaled‑down Gateway sewer project after value engineering, cites grants that cut funding need
Summary
Staff described a multi-part River Road/Gateway sewer project whose original $7.77 million estimate was reduced through value engineering and other savings to about $1.899 million; the authority said a $500,000 SEID grant plus $1M ARPA support substantially cut the long-term funding need for the project.
At the Jan. 6 meeting the Amherst County Service Authority received a detailed briefing on the River Road/Gateway sanitary sewer project and the authority's funding position. Staff said the original project estimate of roughly $7.77 million was reduced by value engineering to about $3.7 million and, after reuse of certain equipment and additional savings, to about $1.899 million.
Scope and approach: The selected approach breaks the work into three parts: (1) a pump station (repurposed duplex station with wet well), (2) a force main from the pump…
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