Amador County – Work continued this week to repair an 8-foot by 10-foot sinkhole on Spanish Street at Key Street in Sutter Creek, with the city and the Amador Water Agency sharing part of the costs. The Sutter Creek City Council declared an emergency April 5th to get work started, and last week the AWA board authorized paying $4,000 as its share of repairing the sinkhole. The board also authorized up to $20,000 in work by its construction crew to relocate water lines. Sutter Creek Assistant City Manager Sean Rabe attended the AWA meeting last week and got reassurance from the board on repairs. The hole exposed a Knight Foundry water line, an AWA city water line, a gas line and other utilities at the intersection. At the April 5th meeting, the highest concern was the high-pressure natural gas line. The Sutter Creek council voted to declare the sinkhole “a danger to the public health, safety and welfare, due to the exposed” gas line and also due to “disruption of vehicular movement on this major city street.” The location was under construction this week. The emergency declaration allowed the city to proceed with repairs without bidding out the work. Rabe said he would approach AWA about cost sharing, because it was suspected a leaking water line may have created the problem. Amador Mechanical estimated repair costs at $55,000, for a concrete box culvert. The cost was to be paid from the city “street and road fund,” and Rabe would check into the possibility of using FEMA funds from the Broad Street repair project. The council authorized Mayor Gary Wooten to execute a contract with Amador Mechanical for the repair, and also possibly with AWA for construction service or monetary contributions. AWA Interim General Manager Gene Mancebo said the cost split for repairing where the sinkhole occurred was based on the leak. He said when digging into Spanish Street, crews found that the whole portion of the ground “across the road was ready to cave in at any minute,” and had nothing to do with the leak. Mancebo said PG&E will relocate its gas line, and AWA’s water line will go underneath a city storm drain system also at the location. The location had 2 other lines owned by AWA, including a raw water line to the Ione Canal, and an old 6-inch line that is abandoned. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.-
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Amador County – Work continued this week to repair an 8-foot by 10-foot sinkhole on Spanish Street at Key Street in Sutter Creek, with the city and the Amador Water Agency sharing part of the costs. The Sutter Creek City Council declared an emergency April 5th to get work started, and last week the AWA board authorized paying $4,000 as its share of repairing the sinkhole. The board also authorized up to $20,000 in work by its construction crew to relocate water lines. Sutter Creek Assistant City Manager Sean Rabe attended the AWA meeting last week and got reassurance from the board on repairs. The hole exposed a Knight Foundry water line, an AWA city water line, a gas line and other utilities at the intersection. At the April 5th meeting, the highest concern was the high-pressure natural gas line. The Sutter Creek council voted to declare the sinkhole “a danger to the public health, safety and welfare, due to the exposed” gas line and also due to “disruption of vehicular movement on this major city street.” The location was under construction this week. The emergency declaration allowed the city to proceed with repairs without bidding out the work. Rabe said he would approach AWA about cost sharing, because it was suspected a leaking water line may have created the problem. Amador Mechanical estimated repair costs at $55,000, for a concrete box culvert. The cost was to be paid from the city “street and road fund,” and Rabe would check into the possibility of using FEMA funds from the Broad Street repair project. The council authorized Mayor Gary Wooten to execute a contract with Amador Mechanical for the repair, and also possibly with AWA for construction service or monetary contributions. AWA Interim General Manager Gene Mancebo said the cost split for repairing where the sinkhole occurred was based on the leak. He said when digging into Spanish Street, crews found that the whole portion of the ground “across the road was ready to cave in at any minute,” and had nothing to do with the leak. Mancebo said PG&E will relocate its gas line, and AWA’s water line will go underneath a city storm drain system also at the location. The location had 2 other lines owned by AWA, including a raw water line to the Ione Canal, and an old 6-inch line that is abandoned. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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