More than 11 miles of “high-maintenance” water mains in west Lawton will be replaced in contracts totaling more than $30 million, City Hall records reflect.
The City Council authorized the Public Utilities Department to solicit bids on two more major water line projects June 25.
In one project, approximately 32,000 linear feet of “old, high-maintenance” water mains will be replaced with new lines ranging in size from 8 inches to 12 inches in diameter.
Some of those lines a re in an area north of Cache Road and south of Rogers Lane, between 38th Street and Sheridan Road. Another group of mains is so uth of Gore Boulevard and north of Lee Boulevard, between 38th and 52nd streets.
The project also will entail installation of new public water service lines and meters, Public Utilities Director Rusty Whisenhunt said.
The estimated construction cost of those two jobs is $13 million.
The City Council also authorized city staff to ad vertise for construction bids on replacement of more “high-maintenance” water mains in an area bounded by Lincoln Avenue, Cache Road, Sheridan Road and Fort Sill Boulevard.
Those water mains have “produced a high number of breaks over the past few years,” Whisenhunt reported.
The cost of replacing those water lines is estimated at $9 mil lion, city records show.
An $11,347,737 contract on a companion project was awarded June 11 by the city council to Southwest Water Works of Oklahoma City.
That job will entail replacement of 25,000 linear feet of 6-, 8- and 12-inch water mains north of Lincoln Avenue between Fort Sill Boulevard and Sheridan Road, Whisenhunt said. Those lines have produced 75 line breaks in the past two years, he said.
The contractor was allotted 420 calendar days to complete the job.
The water line contracts will be funded through three Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loans, city records show.
These projects will be among the 26 miles of new water lines in Lawton already built, under construction, or in the planning and design stage, according to Mayor Stan Booker.