Emporia city officials are set to roll out a lof of information about the upcoming sewer rehabilitation program later this week. In the meantime, work continues on another major infrastructure project.
Work on the southeast Emporia water tower near South Avenue, Penny Lane and Weaver streets began in January, and above-ground work should take off within the next week. City Engineer Jim Ubert says crews will start pouring concrete for the roughly 160-foot tower within a week, weather permitting. That process should last into June.
After that, the tank will be painted and then lifted to the top of the concrete pedestal, with that work possibly going from July to August. Once those aspects of the project are done, work moves inside to handle items like tank control, mixing systems, fencing, remote operation and other site work.
The project is currently on track to end next spring. Estimated total cost is between $3 million and $3.5 million, although the federal government is offsetting $1.5 million of that cost.
Meanwhile, details about the early stages of the city’s downtown sanitary sewer project could be announced as soon as Wednesday. The project will repair, reline and in some cases replace sanitary sewer lines for most of downtown, including an area from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks north to 12th and from Constitution east to Market. Work will take place mostly in alleys so as to minimize traffic impact, and the entire project could take up to 16 months to complete.
We’ll keep you posted on KVOE and KVOE.com.
