Southside sewer project near

Work to prevent surface water from pooling in a southeast Portland neighborhood is expected to begin this month.
Members of the Portland Board of Works signed a $683,362.70 contract with Bruns Building and Development Corporation, St. Henry, Ohio, this morning for the Steen Addition storm and sanitary sewer separation project.
An official with R.W. Armstrong announced this morning that $600,000 in grant funds from Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs were released Wednesday for the project. R.W. Armstrong will be paid $108,900 in engineering costs for the project. The city must pay this entire amount.
The city is responsible for 37 percent of the construction costs (or $252,844.20). Both this amount and the engineering costs will be paid through the city’s sewage depreciation fund.
“It’s nice to see that this project is going to make a major leap forward,” said Portland Mayor Bruce Hosier, who is a member of the board of works.
The project includes the installation of sanitary and storm sewers. It will reduce the amount of storm water in the city’s sanitary sewer system, and will improve drainage in the neighborhood.
The project includes the re-surfacing of Massachusetts, Pittsburg, Floral, Detroit and Hagins avenues, and Reed Street. The project is expected to be completed early next year.[[In-content Ad]]