KINGSPORT TENNESSEE
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Public Works Ensuring A Safe & Continuous Supply Of Drinking Water Water is a precious resource needed by all living things. Kingsport is lucky to have such a great water source right here in our city and it’s our job to make sure it stays clean for years to come. One way our city is ensuring this is through the Raw Water Intake Project. The purpose of the Raw Water Intake Project is to ensure a safe, reliable and continuous supply of drinking water to meet the needs of our current customers and for generations to come. It includes construction of a new raw water tunnel and a new raw water pump station at the water treatment plant, eliminating of the use of existing pumps and transmission lines. The existing pump station was built in 1970. The three current transmission pipes were installed in 1928, 1946 and 1977 respectively. The transmission pipes run vertically up an 85 foot rock bluff and are exposed to all the elements, such as snow, rain and summer heat. The configuration of the pipes also has potential for single points of failure. The age, layout and condition of these pipes are what makes this a critical project. In 2010, the Raw Water Project was identified as a serious need. The $13.7 million project is funded through a 1.78% low interest Tennessee State Revolving Loan and a $1.5 million EDA grant. It has a 20-month construction schedule. Construction on the project began last fall and the tunnel is nearly complete, with the new pump station project being completed in May of next year. Proactive Replacement of Crucial Sewer Trunkline The Reedy Creek Sewer Trunkline is an underground pipeline that collects overflow from smaller lines and feeds into one main pipeline. It’s one of the crucial pieces to having a well-functioning sewer system. The initial phase will begin at the Wastewater Treatment Plant with a tunnel under the railroad to West Center Street. Various sections will be replaced along Center Street and will eventually cross over to the old Fairway Ford property. It will then travel along Reedy Creek until it comes out on Sullivan St near the triangle intersection, crossing Sullivan St. It will then run along Reedy Creek again and tie in above Lovedale Sewer Lift Station, thereby eliminating the outdated station. The majority of the trunk line is 48” diameter that will be 18 to 20 feet deep in most places with some places being deeper. This trunk line will replace the previous trunk line that has been in place since the 1950s. Construction will cost roughly $6.8 million and is expected to be completed at the end of December 2017. Colonial Heights/Rock Springs Water & Sewer Upgrades Colonial Heights Phase 3 Sewer Project Quail Creek, Morning Dove, Partridge Place Water System Improvement – Phase 2 Project ($2.9M) Double Springs Melrose/Rock Springs @ I-26 Fort Henry Dr at CSX crossing Midway Post Oak Upgrades to water in Beechwood/Foothills/Buchelew, ($3.2M) Section of Colonial Heights annexation 30
Streets & Sanitation Recycling is a free benefit to city residents. Recycling is just one small way residents are able to impact their city. Not only does it help the environment and save energy, but it also reduces waste at the landfill and creates local jobs. Recycling just one aluminum can, like a Mountain Dew or Pepsi can, saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours. If every American recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, the country would save about 25 million trees a year! Currently, there are over 13,500 residents participating in the recycling program. The program is free to participate in and your new recycling can will be delivered to your house at no cost. Your recyclables are picked up on the same day as your garbage. NO SORTING REQUIRED. If you’re interested in taking part in the recycling program, please call 423-229-9451. Engineering For many years, we’ve had a desire to move the Engineering Division downtown, to get us closer to our primary customers - developers and contractors. With the Planning and Building Divisions located in the Development Services Building, locating the office near this building allows the developers and contractors a “one stop shop” when picking up their permits, plans, specifications, etc.; attending pre-bid and pre -construction meetings; and inquiring about projects. The new Engineering building, located at 130 Shelby Street, is about 7,200 square feet. Improvements from the old location include a large conference room for holding pre-bid, pre-construction and project meetings, a meeting room, a much larger climate controlled archive room for plan storage and an enclosed storage space for the surveyors to secure their entire truck at night instead of carrying equipment in and out every day. We now have a “one stop shop” when picking up permits, plans, specifications, etc Our previous building has served the majority of its functional life. It’s location within a City Park and adjoining to the Veteran’s Memorial will allow the footprint of our old building to be transformed into an enhanced parking lot and landscaped green space. It is expected that our old building will be transformed into a new parking lot/ green space in Spring 2017. 31
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Streets & Sanitation<br />
Recycling is a free benefit to city residents.<br />
Recycling is just one small way residents are able to impact their city. Not only does it help the environment and save<br />
energy, but it also reduces waste at the landfill and creates local jobs. Recycling just one aluminum can, like a Mountain<br />
Dew or Pepsi can, saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours. If every American recycled just one-tenth of their<br />
newspapers, the country would save about 25 million trees a year!<br />
Currently, there are over 13,500 residents participating in the recycling program.<br />
The program is free to participate in and your new recycling can will be delivered<br />
to your house at no cost. Your recyclables are picked up on the same day as your<br />
garbage. NO SORTING REQUIRED. If you’re interested in taking part in the recycling<br />
program, please call 423-229-9451.<br />
Engineering<br />
For many years, we’ve had a desire to move the<br />
Engineering Division downtown, to get us closer to<br />
our primary customers - developers and contractors.<br />
With the Planning and Building Divisions located in the<br />
Development Services Building, locating the office near<br />
this building allows the developers and contractors a<br />
“one stop shop” when picking up their permits, plans,<br />
specifications, etc.; attending pre-bid and<br />
pre -construction meetings; and inquiring about projects.<br />
The new Engineering building, located at 130 Shelby<br />
Street, is about 7,200 square feet. Improvements from<br />
the old location include a large conference room for<br />
holding pre-bid, pre-construction and project meetings,<br />
a meeting room, a much larger climate controlled archive<br />
room for plan storage and an enclosed storage space for<br />
the surveyors to secure their entire truck at night instead<br />
of carrying equipment in and out every day.<br />
We now have a<br />
“one stop shop”<br />
when picking up<br />
permits, plans,<br />
specifications, etc<br />
Our previous building has served the majority of its<br />
functional life. It’s location within a City Park and adjoining<br />
to the Veteran’s Memorial will allow the footprint of our<br />
old building to be transformed into an enhanced parking<br />
lot and landscaped green space. It is expected that our<br />
old building will be transformed into a new parking lot/<br />
green space in Spring 2017.<br />
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