The City of Pinehurst is in line to receive a significant contribution from the Texas General Land Office (GLO) that will allow the city to address roads and infrastructure that were damaged by Tropical Storm Harvey in 2017. A contract has been approved and signed by the GLO in order for Pinehurst to receive $6.8 million.
City Administrator Robbie Hood reported he and the GLO will have a conference call in the next couple of weeks to kickoff the improvements connected to the state funds. Engineers Schaumburg & Polk will then advertise for bids from contractors to do the work.
The projects will be done in three phases according to Hood. The first will be the Waste-Water Treatment Plant’s electrical control room. The plant flooded during Harvey. The building is located on property that is several feet below the Base Flood Elevation. The electrical control room will be moved and a new facility will be built for the Waste-Water Treatment Plant at a higher elevation.
Pinehurst will then address infiltration of the waste-water sewer system. This will include pipe bursting for many of the sewer lines in the city.
The third phase will be overlaying and redoing the streets that were inundated by the water during Harvey. Public Works Director John Toney and his department compiled a list of streets that were affected by the flooding following Harvey. The streets to be repaired include West Park, Lexington, Concord, 40th and 41st, and several roads in the Enchanted Oaks subdivision.
Repairs to these roads have been delayed in anticipation of receiving the funds from the General Land Office since Pinehurst would not be compensated for any repair work done before the state funds are issued. “I am happy that we’re able to facilitate the 6.8 million dollar award. It’s been a long time coming, and I look forward to working with the General Land Office to help bring back Pinehurst even bigger and better than she was before Harvey hit,” Hood concluded.
-Dan Perrine, KOGT-
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