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Commission backs design interlocal agreement with Austin Transit Partnership for light-rail utility betterments
Summary
After a staff briefing on Project Connect’s Austin Light Rail, the Water and Wastewater Commission approved a design-phase interlocal agreement with Austin Transit Partnership that commits the city to pay actual design costs for requested utility betterments; Austin Water estimates about $36 million in design-level betterment costs covering roughly 123,000 linear feet of pipe.
The Water and Wastewater Commission voted to authorize the city to negotiate and execute a design‑phase interlocal agreement (ILA) with the Austin Transit Partnership that defines roles, permitting coordination and the city’s funding commitments for utility “betterments” tied to the Austin Light Rail project.
The design ILA, which commissioners approved after an ATP presentation and Q&A, commits Austin Water to pay actual design costs for betterments the city requested. Austin Water staff said the current, order‑of‑magnitude estimate for Austin Water betterments is about $36,000,000; that estimate covers roughly 123,000 linear feet of pipe in total — about 62,000 linear feet of waterline, about 3,300 linear feet of wastewater main and about 57,500 linear feet of reclaimed water main, according to…
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