Thursday, August 24, 2000
Fairfield approves creek plan
$1.8M project to stop erosion, move homes out of flood plain
By Earnest Winston
The Cincinnati Enquirer
FAIRFIELD — City Council has hired a contractor and approved spending $1.8 million to stop flooding and erosion along Pleasant Run Creek.
“It's going to be a major step forward in our flood management project in the city,” Councilman Sterling Uhler said. “It stops a lot of the erosion, and it take several homes and businesses out of the flood plain.”
At its August meeting, City Council unanimously approved funding for the project, which will replace an earthen levy and provide erosion control from Nilles Road to Pleasant Avenue. Workers also will use H-piles and concrete panels to install erosion control walls.
Of the project's $1.8 million price tag, $1.25 million will be covered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Nature Works Grant. Work is expected to begin by the end of the year and take about a year to complete.
David Hoffman, Fairfield's construction services manager, said similar work was done about 10 years ago downstream from the section about to be worked.
SK Construction Co. of Middletown was the lowest of six bidders at about $1.7 million. SK Construction and city officials are negotiating a contract.
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