WATER PLANT AND WELL DESIGN
March 3, 2010 - April 7, 2010
Bid Water Plant and Well Construction
Bid USH 51. Watermain and Forcemain Reconstruction
 
The project has been advertised and will be out to contractors to bid. The bids will be received March third. Construction will begin as soon as weather permits. The plant and wells should be in operation by the end of 2010.

The contractor for the Access Road and Watermain project is A-1. Excavating, Inc., Bloomer, WI. Construction is substantially complete. There is some final restoration to do next spring.

ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING
The City received $8001000 from the Section l54 program in December. The grant will provide 70% funding for the sanitary sewer, water and storm sewer portion of the proposed reconstruction of Oak St, Poplar St and Maple Street. This funding can be used in conjunction with the WDNR funding summarized below. However coordinating the timelines for the two funding sources will require bidding late in the summer and probably pushing construction until 2011

WDNR SEWER AND WATER FUNDING
The City submitted an Intent to Apply for 50% grant funding for the sanitary sewer and water portion of Oak Street, Poplar St and Maple Street. This program is usually just a loan program but they have unexpended stimulus funds remaining from last year and will again be offering up to a 50% grant for projects. Last year Hurley qualified and used a grant for the water portion of the 2009 Utility Improvement projects. The City would not have qualified for sanitary sewer funding. It is likely that this year's application will have the same result. Yes, to water funding and no, to the sanitary sewer portion. This funding can be used in conjunction with the Section l54 program summarized above. The WDNR doesn't have a firm timeline for deciding grant/loan awards but their rules require that funded projects be bid before October a. Last year they announced awards in September. Coordinating the timelines for the two funding sources will probably result in construction being delayed until 2011

CTH D - PRELIMINARY REVIEW
The scope of the work includes preparing permit applications, wetland delineations and soil borings in preparation of the design of CTH D on a new alignment from STH 77 to Division Street.

The project scope of work includes construction of CTH D from STH 77 to Division Street along a new alignment, then reconstruction of CTH D from Division Street to USH 2. This length will be widened and have a substantial area of marsh materials and rock excavation removed from under the existing roadway. There will also be new sewer and water constructed along the portion of CTH D from STH 77 to Division Street. The water line will connect to the existing distribution system at STH 77. The sewer system will require a lift station at the intersection of CTH D and Division Street with a forcemain constructed along Division Street to the east that connects to the existing sewer at Tenth Avenue.

Soil borings and wetland delineation have been completed in the proposed construct ion limits. The WDNR has requested the 240 acres planned for development adjacent to the proposed roadway also be delineated for the purposed of restricting future development from impacting any wetlands identified. This delineation would be done once the scope of the permit has been determined.

Based on our meeting with the WDNR, it appears they will not permit the construction of the roadway from STH 77 to Division Street thru wetlands solely to develop the adjacent property. They believe the developable areas owned by the City can be served by dead-end roads extended from STH 77 on the south and Division Street on the north that will have significantly less impact on wetlands. They will consider allowing the thru route if the City can demonstrate a need to eliminate truck and school bus traffic from the downtown area. MSA will contact businesses in the existing industrial park along Odanah Road to get estimates of truck traffic generated. We will also contact the school to get information on bus routes to determine the impact of buses thru town. We may also look at making some destination counts along the roadway to show a typical number of trucks/buses during peak hours. We will submit the information we gather to the WDNR and work with them to get the permit the City desires.

The CTH 'D' project has been funded in the federal budget.
Congressman Obey will be in Hurley next week, Wednesday, to make the announcement. The grant is $950,000. The City's priority is to complete the segment of road from STH 77 to Division St. This portion of the work is estimated to be $2,000,000. The City has also secured $826,500 grant funding from the Section 154 program and $400,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. This will allow the City to build the entire project with grant funding.