Meridian, Miss., city council approves $5 million sewer upgrade project
According to The Meridian Star, The Meridian City Council voted Tuesday to approve continuing work on the city’s sewer system, as well as lining up contractors in anticipation of spring paving projects.
Public Works Director David Hodge said the Highway 80 Trunkline Phase 2B sewer project will replace roughly 5,500 feet of sewer pipe stretching from Grand Avenue to 18th Avenue. Hemphill Construction came in with the lowest bid of $4,920,270 for the work out of three bids received, he told The Meridian Star.
Repairing and replacing the Highway 80 Trunkline, a main route for wastewater on its way to the city’s treatment plants, is a critical part of Meridian’s work to comply with a federal consent decree from the Environmental Protection Agency. The city, in 2019, agreed to the decree to address chronic sanitary sewer overflows, many of which are focused around the Highway 80 main.
The $4.9 million will go directly to construction costs, Hodge said, and not toward engineering or consulting fees.
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