Work on South Alamo Street won't be done when San Antonio hosts the 2025 Final Four, so the street will have to be torn up again later to finish it.
The 124-year-old water main that runs below South Alamo Street has been through two world wars and two pandemics since it was installed in 1900. The cast-iron pipe near Hemisfair is “a ticking time bomb,” said Andrea Beymer , San Antonio Water System's chief operating officer, meaning it is at high risk for breaking or developing leaks.
is working to fix its 21 billion-gallon water loss problem To comply, would joint-bid the project, meaning it would combine its infrastructure efforts with the city to save time and avoid digging up the road twice. The total cost was estimated at $36.6 million, with Construction Director Quintin Pollok told trustees recently. The two entities disagree on whether that was enough time. Beymer said that work would typically take five to six months, and said
After 11 years and $1 billion, could and should have done that work earlier, before construction began. “Unfortunately on this project, they have not done enough,” he said. has used the process around the city as part of its decade-long work to comply with a federal order to reduce sewage spills. The process is faster than installing new lines, and it likely will buy the pipes another 20-plus years, Beymer said, though that's a shorter lifespan than new pipes.
chooses to repair it, the utility will cover all those costs itself, he said. When it eventually does need to be replaced, it will take at least six months to complete, Beymer said. officials to ensure they were willing to make the changes.
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