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Alpine council weighs five water options for Skyway Gardens, backs short-term fix and next steps for upper-hill plan
Summary
After a technical presentation, consultants and councilors converged on a two-track approach: short-term temporary measures the developer can install for immediate water service and starting work on an 'upper-hill' pressure-plane improvement that would resolve broader low-pressure problems while staff pursue larger funding applications.
Consultants told the Alpine City Council on Tuesday that serving the new Skyway Gardens development will require upgrades beyond the city’s existing low-pressure system, and they outlined five engineering options with markedly different costs, timelines and risks.
Andy Vassilio of Jacob & Martin said the most immediate constraints are elevation and metering: "As you go south out of town, the ground elevations get higher," he said, and the Lower Hill pressure plane “cannot serve Skyway Gardens because you won't have high enough pressures.” He presented three ways to create a new pressure plane (options a, b and c), an upper-hill pressure-plane alternative, and a revived Sol Ross alignment that would require easements and administrative metering work. Estimated costs…
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