HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 01-23 $1.7 Million Water Mains Proposed for Maplewood DISPATCH $ 1 . 7 mil . t
Pro '. osed Maplewood
2. . :„„ . X3.1973
Installation of nearly suggested that 45 per by .D. Collier previously On Linwood Avenue, bounded on the north by
10 miles of water mains cent of the total cost mentioned the possibili- there's presently 1,000 Larpenteur Avenue, or
has been proposed in could be retrieved by as- ty of a water rate in- feet of 12-inch main east the south by Marylanc
Maplewood. sensing abutting proper- crease and government of McKnight Road. But Avenue, on the west by
The projects, accord- ty owners $9 to $9.50 per grants for further water property owners also McKnight Road and or
ing to consulting engi- front foot for the water utility revenue. have petitioned for an the east by Century Ave
neer James Wiley of mains. Wiley proposed exten- additional 1,700 feet of nue,the engineer said.
Kirkham-Michael, Property owners also sive construction in the main. Wiley said this But those i m p r o v e
would cost an estimated would be expected to area north of Hwy. 36 to project is feasible,too. ments, he said, shoulc
$1,721,718 if initiated this .pay about $250 each for County Road D and be- An additional $440,645 be delayed until some
year. a service connection. t ween Hwy. 61 and project should be sched- development plans ars
He termed the propos- Other sources of in- White Bear Avenue. uled later in an area submitted.
als feasible in a report to come must be developed Due to increased de
the village council. to offset the remaining velopment north of Hwy.
Earlier, Village Man- costs,Wiley advised. 36, he said, additional
,ager Michael Miller had One of the sources, he water for fire protection
urged serious considera- suggested, may be a ser- as well as regular con-
tion of the vi m p r o v e- 'vice availability charge. s u m p t i o n will be re-
ments. Village engineer Bob- quired.
But at the time, his es- Another high-priority
timate of the costs was area, he said, lies north
somewhat below Wiley's and east of Larpenteur
figures. Avenue and McKnight
The latest estimate in- Road.
eludes $1,450,608 in con- He bold of low water
struction costs. pressures and i n a d e-
However, there'd also quate flows there, blam-
be $261',110 for adminis-, ing it mostly on eleva-i
trative and engineering tions above what can be'
services and $10,000 for properly served by the
land for a booster sta- present St. Paul booster
tion. system.
In his report, Wiley The remedy, he said,
includes construction of
both a booster station
and additional mains.
A lesser project has
been proposed east of
White Bear .Avenue and i
north of North St.Paul.
There, approximately
290 Maplewood custom-
ers are served by North
St.Paul
Wiley recommends
immediate converting of
200 of those customers to
a Maplewood system by
constructing a booster
system now and storage
facilities at a later date.
Still other projects are
recommended f o r De
Soto Street an Linwood
Avenue.
On De Soto Street,
property owners resid-
ing between Roselawn
and Kingston avenues, a
distance of about 2,000
feet, have petitioned for
water service.
A main should be
looped in the area to en-
hance water quality and
for two-directional flow
Wiley said.