Midway's $200,000 sewer improvement project will have more repairs and less inspection, Mayor Grayson Vandegrift told the City Council Monday night.
Vandegrift said he had accepted the suggestions of Jack Blevins, the city employee who oversees the sewer system, for changes in the plan offered early this year by HMB Professional Engineers, a consulting firm based in Frankfort, for the sewers east of Winter Street.
The HMB plan calls for a truck-mounted camera to enter sewer mains through manholes, record video to show what the sewers look like and what repairs are necessary. A high-powered water nozzle spraying inside the lines would remove sludge, tree roots, and other obstructions.
Chris Stewart of HMB told the council in February that the project would “figure out what repairs need to be made, where they need to be made, when they need to be made and kind of prioritize the issues that we find.”
Council Member John Holloway said "it makes a whole lot more sense to fix some things" when they can be fixed, but Member Sara Hicks asked, "Would we still get a comprehensive view?"
The mayor said the repaving, sidewalk and other infrastructure work on Stephens Street has been "a great success," with double yellow center lines and white edge lines to subtly encourage motorists to slow down. He said the edge lines couldn't go to the city limits because the street narrows eastward.
Vandegrift said he had accepted the suggestions of Jack Blevins, the city employee who oversees the sewer system, for changes in the plan offered early this year by HMB Professional Engineers, a consulting firm based in Frankfort, for the sewers east of Winter Street.
The HMB plan calls for a truck-mounted camera to enter sewer mains through manholes, record video to show what the sewers look like and what repairs are necessary. A high-powered water nozzle spraying inside the lines would remove sludge, tree roots, and other obstructions.
Chris Stewart of HMB told the council in February that the project would “figure out what repairs need to be made, where they need to be made, when they need to be made and kind of prioritize the issues that we find.”
Vandegrift said the city doesn't need to video all the lines, because it knows where most of the problems are, and can use the savings to install "cured-in-place piping," using a heavy epoxy to repair breaks in the lines, including some along and west of Winter Street.
"I commend Jack for coming in and saying 'I've got another idea'," Vandegrift said.
"You would see less," Vandegrift said, but more video work can be done later. He said Blevins knows the lines, and "a lot of them are working great, but there are serious problems with some of them."
Council Member Logan Nance said it would be good to get an overall look at the system, and asked if the proposed repairs would be "just putting a Band-Aid on it." Vandegrift said no, that the epoxy method is "a serious industrial process" that has become "fairly common."
Vandegrift said the project is likely to start in the spring. He can spend the project's $200,000 budget as he pleases, but he said a budget amendment will be needed to reflect the project's revised cost estimate of $186,000. HMB's rough estimate for its plan was $180,000, but the council budgeted $200,000 to be safe. Vandegrift said the revised project includes $18,000 for curb work.
The mayor said the repaving, sidewalk and other infrastructure work on Stephens Street has been "a great success," with double yellow center lines and white edge lines to subtly encourage motorists to slow down. He said the edge lines couldn't go to the city limits because the street narrows eastward.
Vandegrift announced that the council's second workshop on blighted-property ordinances would be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 at City Hall.
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