Transportation
BY CONNOR PITTMAN
Highland Village to replace water lines
Highland Village sewer line project nears completion
LEWISVILLE LAKE
LAKELAND DR. OAK ST.
CEDAR DR.
HIGHLAND VILLAGE RD.
Several water lines in Highland Village are slated for replacement later this year. The council approved a $1.92 million contract with Dickerson Construction Company at the May 13 meeting. Funding for the project is allocated from the city’s utility fund, Director of Public Works Scott Kriston said. What you need to know The city has been working on replacing existing asbestos concrete water pipes with new ones made of polyvinyl chloride, Kriston said. The new water lines will be 8 inches in diameter. The project also includes installing a new storm drain along Gayle Lane, per city documents. Looking ahead The water line replacement projects and the new storm drain will take place ahead of the third
MERRIMAN DR.
Force main replacements along Highland Shores Boulevard are mostly complete, according to city officials. The details Several sewer force mains, pipes that transport sewage using pressure applied by lift stations, within Highland Village’s waste- water system have deteriorated and require replacement. The work takes place ahead of future plans to reconstruct a segment of Highland Shores Boulevard between Hillside Drive and Briarhill Boulevard. Further work is planned in the Castlewood subdivision. The project, which should wrap up no later than September, has a cost of $1.08 million and is funded through city bonds.
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JUSTIN RD. phase of asphalt overlays outlined in the 2022 bond program, Kriston said. “We’re going to dig them up before we dig up the street,” Kriston said. “Then, we’ll go in and do the streets, which is already an approved project.” Work replacing the water lines is expected to start this summer, officials said. The company will have six months to finish the replacements.
Wichita Trail construction to wrap up this summer Concrete panel replacements are underway along Wichita Trail in Flower Mound between Scenic Drive and Bayshore Drive. The work began in late April and is expected to be completed within 60 days, according to the town's construc- tion project map. The overview A contract was awarded to F&F Concrete Construction for the reconstruction of Wichita Trail between Cardinal Drive and High Meadow Road. The cost of the entire project, which includes the ongoing concrete panel replacements, is $2.4 million . Funding for the project came from the town’s general fund and construction is expected to be finished in June.
Flower Mound
WICHITA TRL.
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