Eliot Water & Sewer Extension Project Public Information

Water & Sewer Update 02/22/2024

Town of Eliot Water and Sewer Extension Project Advisory

The Eliot Water and Sewer Project Contract #1 reached “substantial completion” on November 16, 2023. This milestone means the first portion of the project (road way subterranean pipe installation) has been completed for the most part.  There are some minor details in terms of repairing lawns and other “seasonal” work that needs to be addressed by the contractor and will be in the Spring.  There are also some small amounts of installation and clean up that remains, but nothing which will interrupt or damage adjacent activities or properties.  The warranty for all work will run until November 18, 2024, and we do have standard retainage to ensure performance which will not be paid out until the contract is complete.

There is a checklist being developed by the engineers overseeing the project which will be reviewed on a walk-around shortly after Thanksgiving with all parties. The walk around will include Underwood Engineering, Tighe and Bond (Owners Project Manager), Defelice Construction, Maine DOT, and Eliot Public Works. The areas to be addressed now or in the spring as warranted will be captured in the report.

Contract #2 (2 Pump Stations) and Contract #3 (Cross Country Laterals) will be bid soon, once all permits, borrowing and design documents are completed.  Hopefully by January with an contract award by March, so we can stay on schedule and go live with the sewer service by June of 2025. It is worth noting that Contracts #2 and #3 will not interrupt traffic to any significant extent during the next year.

As the signs say, “Thank you for your patience”.  We appreciate what you have suffered during this project, and we will continue to work towards easing that burden as we progress through the subsequent phases of this historic Eliot project.

For additional information or to sign up for updates, email rt236project@eliotme.org . There is also more information posted on https://www.eliotmaine.org/ 

Michael Sullivan, Town Manager
Town of Eliot, Maine 
 

We encourage everyone to take alternate routes when possible and appreciate your patience with this large and complex project.