BURBANK SEWER MAIN IN THE WORKS.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK - The city is expected to spend $169,500 installing a sewer main Noun 1. sewer main - a main in a sewage system sewer line main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage under Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Boulevard between Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. and Varney Street. City engineers say they need the new line so that their workers can get better access for maintenance, and the line will also help relieve a system that ranges from 50 percent to 75 percent full. ``It's nothing glamorous,'' said Rodney Anderson, Burbank's principal civil engineer overseeing the project. ``We're keeping the sewage flowing. We're making sure we have enough room so we don't have overflows.'' The City Council is expected to vote tonight on awarding the installation contract to Dominguez General Engineering Contractor Inc., of Rosemead, which submitted the lowest bid. Dominguez's bid was 15 percent lower than the engineer's estimate of $200,000. The new line, made of PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. pipe, will run underneath Magnolia into a main under Victory, to the Beachwood Pump Station, and then to the Burbank Water Reclamation Reclamation A claim for the right to return or the right to demand the return of a security that has been previously accepted as a result of bad delivery or other irregularities in the delivery and settlement process. Plant at Lake and Chestnut chestnut, name for any species of the genus Castanea, deciduous trees of the family Fagaceae (beech or oak family) widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized by thin-shelled, sweet, edible nuts borne in a bristly bur. streets. Construction of the project is expected to take place between August and November. Officials will put up signs notifying pedestrians and drivers of possible delays. If approved, the contractor is expected to submit a traffic plan, and officials say they hope to complete the project without any major disruptions. Workers intend to close only one lane, and don't plan to shut the street down. ``We'd like them to get wrapped up by the end of fall,'' said Dan Wall, the city's senior civil engineer overseeing construction. ``It's realistic.'' Jason Kandel, (818) 546-3306 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com |
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