The Village of Mineola Department of Public Works reported making progress on the Bruce Terrace flood remediation project and nearing completion on the project to alleviate flooding on the north side of the Mineola Long Island Rail Road station plaza at last Wednesday night’s village board meeting.
Thomas Rini, superintendent of the Mineola DPW, said his department is currently coordinating with the county’s engineers the position of a pipe that will feed into the Bruce Terrace drainage basin.
Work on a wall that will bifurcate an existing drainage basin to partially relieve the recurrent flooding on Bruce Terrace started in April.
The county’s portion of the project, which also involves the Town of North Hempstead, includes installation of 1,715 feet of 36-inch or 48-inch interceptor pip on Sheridan Boulevard from Raff Avenue, crossing Westbury Avenue and entering the Mineola catch basin.
On the railroad station project, Rini said the base asphalt is in place, covering two new drainage basins installed in the parking lot.
“We’re moving along on that,” Rini said.
The next step is running wiring and replacing the light poles. Rini said he was hopeful the parking lot would be reopened in two weeks.
The Bruce Terrace drainage project is a more long-term business, with the DPW now poised to seek construction bids on the work. The village, the town and Nassau County each received $800,000 in state grant funds for their respective segments of the flood relief project.
State Sen. Jack Martins restored the $2.4 million in funding last year after the original grant, which was secured by the Town of North Hempstead through then-Sen. Craig Johnson, was left in limbo after Johnson lost his seat to Martins in the 2010 election.
The total cost for the town’s portion of the project is $1.1 million. Kaiman has said the town may take money from its own capital resources or seek additional outside funding.
The village’s portion of the project will cost $1.7 million.
Rini has said the village’s work will include installation of two new drainage manholes, four new catch basins and removal of approximately 300 feet of existing 18-inch-drainage pipe to be replaced with a new 30-inch drainage pipe on Bruce Terrace.
In other developments:
• The village board voted unanimously to authorize an engineering service agreement for improvements to the packed tower aeration system at water well number four on Old Country Road. Estimated engineering costs for the project, to be undertaken by consulting engineering firm Dvirka & Bartilucci will be $86,000 for design work and $700,000 for construction. The aeration system filters out toxic contaminants from the well.
• The village board unanimously approved a $101,000 project for Dvirka & Bartilucci to upgrade the leak and detection system for the DPW underground fuel storage tanks.
“Our leak and level detection system needs to be replaced,” Rini said.
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