PRIORITY PROJECTS

PRIORITY PROJECTS

Youngstown water

Youngstown officials say that increases in water rates that begin Feb. 1 are due in part to a wide range of proposed capital improvements to the municipal water system. Those projects include:

k2010: New Boardman water tank: $3,750,000; Shirley Road line replacement, $450,000; Myrtle Avenue pump station backup generator, $600,000; large valve replacement in pump house 1, $625,000; pay online system: $100,000.

k2011: Waterline replacement: $500,000; Valve replacement in pump house 2, $1,800,000; West Side tank painting, $350,000.

k2012: Waterline replacement: $550,000; West Avenue garage: $3,750,000. k2013: Waterline replacement, $600,000; large valve replacement in pump house 3: $2,500,000; North Side tank painting, $350,000.

k2014: Waterline replacement, $650,000; meter change out, $5,000,000; Colby tank panting: $300,000.

k2015: Waterline replacement: $650,000; meter change out, $5,000,000; Lincoln Knolls tank painting: $400,000.

k2016: Waterline replacement, $650,000; meter change out: $5,000,000.

Source: City of Youngstown