During the regular Dell Rapids City Council meeting held on Monday, June 6th, City Administator Justin Weiland provided the council with updates on various projects that are ongoing or upcoming for the city of Dell Rapids.
Progress is being made on the Quartzite Street project. The sewer had been installed and the water should be completed soon. Grading of the project after the water installation with the final grade and curb and gutter to follow.
The plans for the 10th Street project have been submitted to the department of transportation and DENR for approval. Once the plans are accepted, DGR will move forward with advertising the project for bids. This project is still on schedule for bidding in late June or early July.
The planned tiling and grading project for the drainage area south of 10th street along the east side of Highway 115 has made progress. DGR Engineers have performed a topographic survey and are currently finalizing the tiling and grading plan. The project will require that new permanent easements be signed by the property owners in that area that are affected by the project, and those signatures will need to be collected prior to starting the construction portion of the project.
City administration is also nearly finished finalizing quotes and plans to construct a new men/women comfort station with showers at Rickemen Field park. The city did budget $70,000 to complete this project in 2016. Currently the project is coming in on budget at this point in the planning as reported by Weiland. The work on the sewer extension and structure of the facility is tentatively planned to take place in July and August.