STAFF REPORT

Operations Committee, August 7, 2008
  
Requests for Assistance with Street Storm Drainage System Rehabilitation (EN09-016)

Consideration of Requests for Assistance with Street Storm Drainage System Rehabilitation

Speaker:  Mr. Dan Clinton

 

From:  Tim Bailey, P.E., Director of Engineering

Prepared by:  Dan Clinton, P.E.

Approved by:  William B. Coleman, Jr., Town Manager
Approved by:  Benjamin T. Shivar, Assistant Town Manager

 

Beginning in Fiscal Year 2007, council adopted a program to conduct annual storm drainage improvements to Cary’s streets. Problem areas such as those where water stands at the curb, pipes fail and/or freezing water remains on the road surface are examples of the types of maintenance issues intended to be addressed by this project.

 

This type of routine maintenance of the Town’s storm drainage system prevents failures and alleviates safety hazards. Town staff annually evaluates the storm drainage system and ranks problem areas from highest to lowest priority. Annual funding is applied to those projects ranked as highest priority first.

 

Summary of Street Storm Drainage Rehabilitation Projects

The following table summarizes staff’s recommendation and cost estimate for 11 projects identified this year.

 

Table for Street Storm Drainage Rehabilitation Projects

Location

Identified Problem

Work Plan

Rating (maximum 40 points)

Estimated Cost*

Cumulative Estimated Costs

Woodland Dr and Lake Dr

Standing water at intersection

Add Curb/Gutter and Flume

24

$9,000

$9,000

Orion Ct

Seep coming up at road and flowing across cul-de-sac

New Catch Basin and French Drain

23

$12,000

$21,000

813 Roanoke Dr

Gutter misaligned

Redo curb and add catch basin

23

$10,000

$31,000

Ralph Dr and Penny Ln

Standing water at intersection

Rework road and curb

22

$9,000

$40,000

424 Farmington Woods

Holding water in the radius

Replacement of the curb and re-working of the roadway

22

$9,000

$49,000

115 Leeward Ct

Standing water in cul-de-sac

New Catch Basin and Curb

20

$12,000

$61,000

717 Madison Ave

Water jumping curb causing property damage

2 catch basins to improve drainage

19

$32,000

$93,000

211 Swiss Lake

Severe settlements in the curb as well as the roadway

 Replace curb and some extensive road work

14

$37,000

$130,000

McDuff and Laughridge Cir

Standing water at intersection

Catch basin and curb

14

$17,000

$147,000

1005 Vickie Rd

Standing water at intersection

catch basins and curb work

13

$47,000

$194,000

Fox View Place

Low road with standing water in cul-de-sac

Overlay road, redo multiple driveway entrances and add catch basin

12

$95,000

$289,000

* Prices listed are very preliminary. Sub-surface utility investigation has not yet been conducted, and utilities are assumed not be in conflict.

 

Projects are ranked according to degree of impact to the surrounding roadway/private property, safety risk, engineering complexity, and overall cost.

 

Fiscal Impact: The Street Storm Drainage Rehabilitation Project (ST1172) has been funded in the amount of $500,000.  All eleven projects identified within this report can be completed within existing funding.  Any remaining funding will either be utilized to fund future such efforts this year or returned to General Capital Reserve at the end of the fiscal year for other capital project needs.

 

Staff Recommendation:  Staff recommends approval of the listed storm drainage system rehabilitation projects.