Sections of Aberdeen Water Mains to be Replaced

Aberdeen Township is planning some significant water main work, as referenced in this blog back in February.

One project involves the replacement of the section of water main that crosses the Garden State Parkway at Cliffwood Avenue. This week, the town council agenda includes a one million dollar bond ordinance to fund the project. The NJ Department of Environmental Protection's Comprehensive 2010 Water Supply Project Priority List ranks Project 1330002-002-0-0 at #241 in the State and estimates its building cost at $995,000 and support cost at $457,700, for a total cost of $1,452,700. As of April, NJ DEP estimated a state certification date of 30 July 2010.

A 15 July 2010 proposal from CME Associates for engineering services related to a Garden State Parkway Directional Drilling Project, mentioned in the town council agenda, involves support for the placement of a water main under the GSP using modern directional drilling techniques. This approach will preclude the need to dig open trenches across the parkway and the massive disruption of traffic flow that such an endeavor would cause. You can read more about microtunneling and its use in the placement of underground utilities at Trenchless Online, including its 2009 North American Microtunneling publication.

A second project involves the replacement of a section of "deteriorated water main from Route 35/Long Neck crossing to and along County Road to improve the system's reliability, pressure, and fire protection," according to the NJ DEP document above. Project 1330002-003-0-0 is ranked at #240 in the State and estimates its building cost at $650,000 and support cost at $292,500, for a total cost of $942,500. This project also had a state certification date of 30 July 2010. CME Associates is providing engineering services for this project, too, as reported in this blog in July. (The reference above to "Long Neck" relates to a creek of that name that feeds into Whale Creek on its way to the bay.)