July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Drainage work moving forward
Project planned on city's southeast side
Some drainage problems on Portland's southeast side will soon be fixed.
Members of a local board voted Friday morning to spend about $117,000 to alleviate some drainage problems in the Steen Addition, which is located south of Floral Avenue, between Boundary Pike and Meridian Streets.
Members of the Portland Board of Works reviewed several options to help with some of the problems in the Steen Addition. They voted Friday to continue storm and sanitary sewer lines southeast along Boundary Pike from Reed Street past the city limits. The work will alleviate some of the flooding problems, while separating the storm and sanitary sewers.
The addition - located just west of where the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project is being completed - currently has combined storm and sanitary sewers. And several lines in the addition, which includes Reed Street, Pittsburg Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, are broken.
Along with connecting several houses in the city to the new system, two houses located just outside the city limits will be connected. Board members voted to seek some help from the county in funding these connections.
The Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project is designed to separate storm and sanitary sewers, as is being required by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Gene Amlin, city engineer, said the option that the board chose will cut about $25,000 from the cost of future work on the Steen Addition. City officials had already planned to make several improvements to the addition next year. They plan to seek a grant for the remaining work.
City officials had hoped to receive funding from the Indiana Department of Transportation for this portion of the work on the Steen Addition, as INDOT already is funding most of the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project. However, the request was denied because it was not included in the original plans.
Bruce Hosier, mayor of Portland, said reserve funds are available for the work, so it will not affect taxes or water or sewer rates.
Also Friday, board members voted to pay The Schneider Corporation an additional $15,000 for work being done on the city's application for stimulus money for improvements to several streets. Previously, board members voted to pay Schneider up to $20,000 for the work.
The city is seeking stimulus funds to repair and resurface portions of 16 city streets. These streets include Water, Morton, Wayne, Charles and High.
Craig Rogers, senior project manager for Schneider, said Friday that the Indiana Department of Transportation has changed the application requirements several times.
This has required Schneider employees to do much more work.
After the meeting, Rogers said it appears the city has a good chance to be awarded stimulus money for the street improvements.[[In-content Ad]]
Members of a local board voted Friday morning to spend about $117,000 to alleviate some drainage problems in the Steen Addition, which is located south of Floral Avenue, between Boundary Pike and Meridian Streets.
Members of the Portland Board of Works reviewed several options to help with some of the problems in the Steen Addition. They voted Friday to continue storm and sanitary sewer lines southeast along Boundary Pike from Reed Street past the city limits. The work will alleviate some of the flooding problems, while separating the storm and sanitary sewers.
The addition - located just west of where the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project is being completed - currently has combined storm and sanitary sewers. And several lines in the addition, which includes Reed Street, Pittsburg Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, are broken.
Along with connecting several houses in the city to the new system, two houses located just outside the city limits will be connected. Board members voted to seek some help from the county in funding these connections.
The Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project is designed to separate storm and sanitary sewers, as is being required by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Gene Amlin, city engineer, said the option that the board chose will cut about $25,000 from the cost of future work on the Steen Addition. City officials had already planned to make several improvements to the addition next year. They plan to seek a grant for the remaining work.
City officials had hoped to receive funding from the Indiana Department of Transportation for this portion of the work on the Steen Addition, as INDOT already is funding most of the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project. However, the request was denied because it was not included in the original plans.
Bruce Hosier, mayor of Portland, said reserve funds are available for the work, so it will not affect taxes or water or sewer rates.
Also Friday, board members voted to pay The Schneider Corporation an additional $15,000 for work being done on the city's application for stimulus money for improvements to several streets. Previously, board members voted to pay Schneider up to $20,000 for the work.
The city is seeking stimulus funds to repair and resurface portions of 16 city streets. These streets include Water, Morton, Wayne, Charles and High.
Craig Rogers, senior project manager for Schneider, said Friday that the Indiana Department of Transportation has changed the application requirements several times.
This has required Schneider employees to do much more work.
After the meeting, Rogers said it appears the city has a good chance to be awarded stimulus money for the street improvements.[[In-content Ad]]
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