Park City officials issued an emergency contract to replace the water line on Heber Avenue after it busted Thursday – spilling about 200,000 gallons of water in 90 minutes. The repairs will require Heber Avenue to close through October starting as soon as Tuesday night. Melissa Allison brings us the latest:
The closure is between Park Ave. and Main St., according to Park City Public Utilities Director Clint McAffee.
“The plan right now is to replace the waterline in Heber Ave. from park Ave. all the way to Main St. and a little bit east of Main St. into the area next to Coal and Lumber,” McAffee said.
The original water system in Park City is made up of wood piping which is no longer being used but a lot of it remains in place. That, plus other factors such as contaminated soils could extend the work into November.
“We feel like we have a good idea of what’s under Heber. But, again, you never know what you’re going to find,” McAffee said. “But, I think, if all goes well, its realistic to assume we’ll be done by November.”
McAffee told council at Thursday’s meeting he estimates the work will cost about $250,000.
But that cost went up. On Tuesday, McAffee said his staff obtained three bids within 24 hours. The lowest from Beck Construction for $360,000.
McAffee said the city can blame the soils for the extra $110,000.
“A large part of that $360,000 is attributable to the requirement to haul soils from the trench out to the repository near Toole,” McAffee said. “So about $100,000 of that is just attributable to hauling those soils out of town. We are working with Clean Harbors and we’re hoping to minimize that cost and we’ve already got a plan in place where a company will drop roll off containers – we’ll fill them with dirt, that will help reduce the cost. And we think we can cut the $100,000 in half.”
McAfee said Beck Construction has already mobilized their staff and the public should be aware of the closure on Heber Ave. immediately.
Stay tuned to KPCW for updates on this project.
I’m Melissa Allison, KPCW News.