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Lake Elmo council approves plans to advertise bids for Casa 14 water-main replacement
Summary
City engineer Nate Stanley told the council the 1960s-era 6-inch line on Casa 14 has suffered seven breaks in six years; council approved Resolution 2026-008 to authorize plans, specs and advertising for bids to replace roughly 1,700 feet and upsize to 12 inches, with an estimated cost of about $940,000 pending bids.
City engineer Nate Stanley asked the Lake Elmo City Council to approve plans and specifications and authorize advertising for bids to replace a deteriorating section of water main on Casa 14 between Lake Elmo Avenue and Layton Avenue. Stanley said the original 6-inch cast-iron pipe dates to the 1960s and has a history of failures: "7 breaks in the last 6 years," five of them in the past three years, he said.
The project would replace approximately 1,700 feet of main and upsize it to a 12-inch line to complete a larger loop and provide capacity for…
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