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Scheduling of Public Hearing for FY 2020 Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Plan for the 14 Mile Road Transmission Main Loop Project
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Agenda of: March 27, 2019
Item No.: 2019-138
Amount: N/A
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: March 27, 2019
RE: Scheduling of Public Hearing for FY 2020 Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Plan for the 14 Mile Road Transmission Main Loop Project
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Nicolette Bateson, Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer, and Cheryl Porter, Chief Operating Officer - Water Operating Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) approves the scheduling of the public hearing related to the FY 2020 Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Plan for the 14 Mile Road Transmission Main Loop Project on April 24, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. and authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The "14 Mile Water Transmission Main Loop Project - (CIP# 122013)". includes the 14 Mile Transmission Main that currently serves West Bloomfield Township, Farmington Hills, Commerce Township, Novi, Walled Lake, and Wixom is a single feed transmission system. If a disruption to service were to occur on this transmission main, many of the users along this main would experience a complete loss of pressure and flow. This project would provide a transmission main loop to the 14 Mile system to increase redundancy on this branch of the system.
The project is comprised of design and construction of 6-7 Miles of transmission main from 8 Mile Road to 14 Mile Road along the Halsted/Haggerty Road corridor in order to back-feed the 14 Mile Transmission system during a break in the transmission system along 14 Mile. The work will also include connections to the yard piping and reservoir fill line at the...
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