Long Beach City Council Set To Replace Water Mains After Tuesday Contract

LONG BEACH, NY — The City of Long Beach is set to replace a series of water mains after green-lighting a construction contract at Tuesday night’s city council meeting.

At the meeting, the council reviewed some of the details of the construction plan, which is the second phase of the city’s water main replacement. This phase will cover the walks from Grand Boulevard to Lindell Boulevard, from Park Avenue to Beech Street, and involves running new water mains and service lines.

Farmingdale-based contractor Thomas Novelli is slated to perform the construction work for a price of $5,727,100.00, per the city council agenda. Novelli was the lowest bidder, Creighton said, noting that Novelli was also the contractor who performed phase one of the water main replacement, which covered mains between New York Avenue and Grand Boulevard.

DPW Commissioner Ken Arnold said this second phase will cost about $300,000 more than the first phase.

The city has been performing extensive water infrastructure work in recent years, including projects to replace meters and the aforementioned water main replacement.

When asked for a ballpark timeline for the replacement, Arnold said the hope is that it can be done over the winter.

“Phase one was done between Labor Day and Memorial Day. That would be the goal of this project, as long as the weather cooperates,” Arnold said. “If we get a winter like last year, I’m not so sure. We had a perfect winter when we did phase one, so we’re hoping to do the same in phase two.”

The resolution authorizing the contract was adopted unanimously.