2024 - Public Works Annual Report

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• Assisted with the construction of four new affordable duplex units on the Near Northwest Side. • Completed construction of a new Fire Station #8 for the south side of town. • Installed three new heavy duty gear washers at Fire Stations 2 and 6 as well as at the Training Center, helping firefighters avoid harmful carcinogens. • 112 solar lampposts were distributed to residents, up from 107 in 2023. • Issued 1,170 right-of-way permits and 17 MS4 NPDES stormwater discharge permits • Worked on the design of Phase III of the Coal Line Trail that will connect to the new MLK Dream Center. • Worked on design of an INDOT-funded Safe Routes to School project at Kennedy Academy to improve pedestrian infrastructure. • Completed construction on the new Link Trail from Notre Dame to downtown South Bend. • Completed construction on the Angela Boulevard Improvements Project to calm traffic and improve pedestrian safety. The project included a new 10' multipurpose path on the north side of Angela east of SR-933. • Initiated survey for the Riverfront West Urban Neighborhood Development. Conceptual plans for the public infrastructure will be completed in 2025. Design for the portion of the public infrastructure supporting the JC Hart Development is anticipated to be completed in Spring 2025, with construction expected to start Fall 2025. • Awarded a contract for 12 new speed humps to be installed across the city in 2025. • Continued building out a GIS map for tracking and prioritizing Traffic Calming and Traffic Requests, including implementing a new semi-automated priority scoring method. Utilizing this map will streamline the request, prioritization, and fulfilment process for Traffic Calming. • Initiated design on Marion Street Pedestrian Bridge to increase pedestrian infrastructure and usage of bike path/trails. • Published traffic calming request map on the traffic calming webpage for residents to submit requests that will automatically be logged on the internal GIS map. • Mapped and updated all other traffic requests (other than traffic calming) from 2019- 2024 on the existing traffic request GIS map. • Construction of the City's first ever combined sewage storage facility. Through a Guaranteed Savings Contract, the City is building a 3-million-gallon Equalization Basin (sewage storage tank) and rehabilitating Final Clarifiers 1, 2, and 3 at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. • Commenced the planning and design for the City's first remote retention-treatment- basin- a 4.7-million-gallon underground sewage storage and treatment facility. • Developed standard operating procedures for the management of the Sanitary Sewer Lateral Reimbursement Program and successfully assisted customers apply and receive reimbursements for new sewer connections. • Maintained full compliance with the Federal (EPA, DOJ) Consent Decree for combined sewers. • Completed systemwide overhaul and calibration of the City's Smart Sewer Network.