Construction on Price City Flood Control Projects along Mead’s Wash continues in the area of 800 North and approximately 900 North, and will be underway soon on 100 North. Larger culverts are being installed, with concrete head walls added to prevent a repeat of the damage to the culverts caused by flooding during back-to-back storms September 22 and 23, 2016.
Underground drainage
Crews are currently working to install 48 inch storm drainage pipes beneath 800 North from Mead’s Wash to 700 East. That will channel runoff underground rather than through the control ditch from the Coves Basin, which frequently resulted in street flooding during heavy rains in past years. The trenching is proceeding from east to west and traffic is being detoured around the area.
City officials say the flooding also undermined and damaged the city’s 12 inch water line that runs through the wash and connects the city’s 10 million gallon water tank on Wood Hill with the 3 million gallon tank above the Castle Heights area. That portion of the line is being replaced.
Nelco Construction is the contractor on the project with oversight by Price City Public Works Director Miles Nelson, City Engineer Russell Seeley and Jones & DeMille Engineering. The concrete work is being done by Wall Contractors.
Another portion of the project is just getting underway in Mead’s Wash at 100 North behind Smith’s Food and Drug. That will involve replacing a section of the culvert and adding a new cement upstream apron. Nelson said interruption to traffic should be minimal.
The city is still awaiting FEMA approval to replace the culvert and concrete structure at 400 South and 700 East. Nelson said that is anticipated within the next 30 days.
Price City sought and obtained a $975,000 grant and a $325,000 loan from the Utah Permanent Community Impact Fund Board last December to fund the projects. The loan is for a 20 year term at 2.5 percent interest. The CIB funding will be combined with $200,000 from the city’s Storm Water Utility Fund.