Santa Cruz Shares Timeline for Sewer Main Replacement

From the City of Santa Cruz Public Works Department:

The city of Santa Cruz begins replacement of the Broadway St. sanitary sewer main between Seabright Ave. and Cayuga St. on Monday, April 4. Contracted to Granite Construction Company, this work will continue weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with traffic impacts and is expected to be completed by Friday, April 29.

Two-way traffic will remain in effect, but there will be delays and, at times, left turns will not be permitted at the intersections of Broadway at Cayuga and Broadway at Seabright. Parking on Broadway will also be restricted during the sewer upgrade.

All attempts will be made to minimize delays for drivers of children going to and from Gault Elementary School. It is recommended that drivers allow extra time for student drop-offs and pick-ups.

The project replaces approximately 556 lineal feet of existing six-inch diameter clay sewer pipeline with new eight-inch diameter PVC pipeline. The new PVC pipe will improve sewer pipeline performance and reliability as the existing pipe is failing.

The cost of this project is approximately $200,000, which is funded in the Wastewater Fund Fiscal Year 2015 Capital Improvement Program.

Concerns or questions may be addressed to city project managers Dan Estranero at (831) 420-5189 or destranero@cityofsantacruz.com and Desiree Douville at (831) 420-5183 or ddouville@cityofsantacruz.com.