Idlewild Neighborhood Sewer Service Open House Tuesday

Clearwater is bringing sanitary sewer service to the Idlewild neighborhood.

The project will allow 452 homes to connect to the city’s sanitary sewer system and abandon existing septic systems in accordance with Pinellas County Health Department standards.

Find out about it at an open house Tuesday at the Shuffleboard Club and Lawn Bowls Complex.

Project boundaries include Sunset Point Road to the south, Douglas Avenue to the west, Union Street to the north and Kings Highway to the east. Construction will begin in June 2013 and continue to 2015.

Members of the city’s Public Utilities, Engineering, and Planning and Development departments will be available to talk about the project plans, costs, construction schedules, environmental impacts, annexation into city limits and benefits.

Residents who connect to the system will be required to pay an impact fee of $900. Other costs depend on how long into construction they plan to connect to the system. Financial hardship assistance will be available for those who qualify.

Stormwater utility work is also included in this project to improve drainage systems along Bermuda Street, Oakdale Way, Idlewild Drive, and Woodlawn Terrace between Oakdale Way and Douglas Avenue; and, to expand the conveyance system between Woodlawn Terrace pond and Spring Branch

If you go:

What: Idlewild Neighborhood Sanitary Sewer Service Open House

When: from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 11

Where: Clearwater Shuffleboard Club and Lawn Bowls Complex, 1020 Calumet St.

Call 727-562-4960.

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