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City hires INDOT engineering for sewer reroute at Highway 19 and 300 South; construction costs uncertain
Summary
The board approved an engineering contract to reroute a force main where INDOT plans to widen a culvert at Highway 19 and 300 South; staff said utilities are normally required to relocate infrastructure at their cost and construction estimates are not yet available.
The board voted unanimously to accept an engineering contract to design a reroute for a force main affected by INDOT's planned culvert work at Highway 19 and 300 South.
Staff explained that INDOT has been planning changes to the intersection for years and that the existing box culvert under the roadway will be extended and deepened. Because sewer and water lines lie in the area INDOT intends to widen, the city must move its infrastructure to accommodate the state project. "The rules are that if you have...in a state highway and the state highway decides they need that space, you have to move at your cost," a staff member said. Staff noted an internal budget allocation of about $40,000 for the engineering phase (the transcript references $40,800 as a likely figure) but emphasized that final construction costs depend on future bids and could take a year or more to quantify.
The staff presentation described the reroute as a relatively short engineering task (the force main is PVC and expected to be routed around the culvert), but actual construction could involve hundreds of feet of pipe and valves and may not proceed until INDOT advances the project. Board members approved the engineering contract to keep the city ready and to ensure the city’s work is included in the overall INDOT contract to avoid coordination problems during construction.
