Point PlacePoint PlaceSewer Sewer

ImprovementsImprovements

Edgewater Drive

Public Meeting

February 3, 2005

Today’s MeetingToday’s Meeting

• Toledo Waterways Initiative Overview

• Edgewater Pump Station

• Phase 2B

• Phase 2C

• Required under Consent Decree• Agreement between City and the US EPA• More than 400 cities nationwide under similar consent orders• Approved by voters in July 2002• 15-year, $450 million in upgrades to Bay View

Wastewater Treatment Plant and sewer system

Stiff penalties for missed deadlines

Toledo Waterways Toledo Waterways Initiative OverviewInitiative Overview

Program GoalsProgram Goals

• Clean the sanitary sewage and return it to the river

• Send the rain water to the river

• Minimize the mixing of the two

• Improved water quality

Goals of Point Place Goals of Point Place ProjectProject• “Elimination” of sewage discharge (SSO) to

Ottawa River and Maumee Bay

• Improved protection and reduced risk of basement backup

Point Place Advisory Point Place Advisory CommitteeCommittee• Working with Advisory group since April 2003• Provide input and feedback

• On construction issues/detours• On design/communications with area

• Committee members include:• Gary Anderson, Joe Bodnar, Gerry Kruzel, Larry

Martin, Vivian Martin, Howard Pinkley, Buzz Reinbolt, Lisa Sobecki, Vee Stader, Jeffrey Taylor, Bruce Wells

Edgewater Pump Station Edgewater Pump Station UpdateUpdate

• Work now above ground

•Equipment such as pumps will now be

brought in

• About 2 months behind schedule

Edgewater Pump Station Edgewater Pump Station UpdateUpdate• After school lets out for the summer:

• Construction fence removed

• Landscaping

• Painting

• Ornamental fence installed

Phase 2BPhase 2B

• 24-inch force main sewer• Runs from 290th Street pump station east on 117th Street to

304th Street

• North on 304th Street to 124th Street

• Northeast on 124th Street through Friendship Park to 125th Street

• East on 125th Street to 306th Street

• North on 306th Street to 129th Street

• East on 129th Street to 129th Street pump station at Edgewater Drive

• North on Edgewater Drive to 136th Street

Phase 2BPhase 2B

Phase 2B UpdatePhase 2B Update

• Work is underway on 129th Street• Will start construction on Edgewater Drive in front of school on February 7th

• Traffic plan• Toledo police onsite at beginning and end of school day for first 3 days of construction• One lane of traffic maintained• Flaggers during work hours• Extra flagger during arrival and dismissal of school• At night, two-lane traffic will be maintained• No parking on Edgewater Drive

Phase 2C OverviewPhase 2C Overview

• Removes last SSO

• Conveyance of sewer from northern part of the Point to the Edgewater Pump Station

• Will parallel existing sewer in the right of way

• Will provide some relief of the sewers in the northern part of the Point

Phase 2C OverviewPhase 2C Overview

• 24-inch gravity relief sewer

• Route is north on Edgewater Drive from 136th Street to 149th Street

• Construction to begin after November 2005

• Recognize traffic challenges

• Will work closely with you, area residents and traffic department to try and minimize

inconvenience

Phase 2CPhase 2C

Questions/CommentsQuestions/Comments

• For more information, please visit: www.toledowaterwaysinitiative.com

• Thank you for coming