41st Street to Beach Drive Water Main Project
Consor Engineering consultants was hired to help us explore options for locating the additional water supply line to the area. After investigating multiple scenarios, they recommended connecting the existing water main on 41st Street with the water main on Beach Drive, and our Board agreed this was the most efficient and cost effective approach. The construction project was awarded to B&B Utilities and Excavating in 2024. After lengthy delays in receiving a permit from King County Parks for crossing the Burke Gilman Trail, the project is finally expected to start in August 2025.
Scope of Work:
This project will connect the current water main on NE 41st Street (16709 NE 41st Street) to the east—across the grassy slope and the Burke-Gilman Trail—to the current waterline on Beach Drive NE (16532 Beach Dr NE). We will be installing an 8” Ductile Iron (DI) waterline and making connections to two 6” Cast Iron (CI) waterlines that were installed in 1952. The District plans to upgrade those 6” CI waterlines with 8” DI as part of a future capital improvement project.
During the days when work is being done within the trail, bike and pedestrian traffic will remain open, but the trail will be narrowed. Please use caution if using the trail. We are working with King County Parks to notify trail users ahead of any work being done that will affect trail users.
The work on 41st Avenue NE and on Beach Drive NE will always maintain one lane of traffic and the contractor will only be working on one street at a time to keep traffic interruptions to a minimum.
Design Engineer: Consor
Contractor: B&B Utilities and Excavating LLC
Construction Bid: $174,218.82
Schedule: Construction anticipated to begin in August 2025, the project will take about 4-6 weeks to complete; updates will be forthcoming when more information becomes available.