Utilities Kingston launches major water and sewer project along Front Road, King St. W
Utilities Kingston is about to kick off a multi-year project aimed at improving water and sewer infrastructure in the community.
The project aims to redirect sewage from the Portsmouth Pumping Station and interconnect a trunk water main. Once completed, it is expected to save energy, reduce sewer overflows, create capacity to support downtown development, and improve operations and system performance.
The project also includes transportation infrastructure improvements along the project corridor. The completed project will include new multi-use pathways along the north and south side of King Street West from Trailhead Place to Portsmouth Avenue, and a reconstructed intersection at King Street West and Portsmouth Avenue.
Currently, sewage is pumped several times from Portsmouth Village east to the Ravensview Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is approximately 12 kilometres away. This work, and future phases of the project, will instead redirect sewage flows to the west, to the much closer Cataraqui Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Meanwhile, the Front Road watermain interconnection project will connect the Point Pleasant Water Treatment Plant to the central water distribution system and will improve operational flexibility and system performance.
“This project, to redirect sewage from the Portsmouth Pumping Station and interconnect a trunk water main, is expected to save energy, reduce sewer overflows, create capacity to support downtown development, and improve operations and system performance,” said Jim Miller, the chief operating officer for Utilities Kingston.
The project is a phased, multi-year project that includes construction activities at Front Road, King Street West, Union Street and Kennedy Street, from Sand Bay Lane to Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard. Phase 1, which saw construction of a water service and sewer forcemain to the Cataraqui Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant, was completed in 2018.
This project, which is Phase 2A, was awarded to EBC Inc., and will affect areas along Front Road and King Street West from Sand Bay Lane (Front Road bridge) to Country Club Drive. It will begin in July 2021 and is expected to be complete by the end of 2022.
Phase 2B will begin later in 2021 on King Street West at Country Club Drive, and continue along King, Union and Kennedy to Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard, with construction continuing into 2023.
The final phase of the project will include the reconstruction of the Portsmouth Sewage Pumping Station in Aberdeen Park, Portsmouth Village, in 2023.
Featured image: Portsmouth Pumping Station. (Utilities Kingston)