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Engineering lays out major FY2027 projects including lift‑station expansions, corridor grants and stormwater fixes
Summary
City engineers presented the FY2027 engineering budget, highlighting sanitary sewer lift‑station expansions in the Catfish Creek basin, east‑west corridor and B2E2 multimodal projects tied to federal BUILD/RAISE grants, and planned stormwater reconstruction at 17th & West Locust.
The Dubuque City engineering department presented its fiscal year 2027 budget to the council on April 7, outlining a slate of infrastructure projects staff say are intended to protect public health, support growth and leverage federal funding.
City Engineer Gus Seoya reviewed department staffing and recent accomplishments before laying out capital priorities. Major sewer projects include phase 3 and 4 expansions of the Old Mill lift‑station system in the Catfish Creek sewer shed. Seoya said those improvements will increase pipe diameters and lower alignment in key reaches, a change engineers expect will eliminate dry and wet weather overflows and expand capacity by roughly 1 million gallons per day in targeted…
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