This shows the project after completion with grass growing back
41st Street to Beach Drive Water Main Project – completed
Consor Engineering consultants was hired to help us explore options for locating an 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.
Project Timeline:
After lengthy delays in receiving a permit from King County Parks for crossing the Burke Gilman Trail, the project is finally expected to start the week of August 11, 2025.
During the week of August 11: live water tap connections will be made on each of the two existing water mains, one on 41st Ave NE and one on Beach Drive NE. Each road will remain open while the taps are made, and the pipe is placed within the road. While work is happening within each road, there will be one lane of traffic, and a flagger will direct traffic to keep traffic flowing.
During the week of August 18: the contractor will focus on getting the waterline across the Burke-Gilman Trail and getting this section paved. Again, the trail will remain open to the public although trail users are requested to slow down while crews are working in the trail.
During the week of August 25: the contractor will be working on the waterline down the grassy slope and making connections to the work already completed.
November 2025: the project has been completed.
The boring machine making a route under McAleer Creek for the 10” HDPE water pipe that was subsequently pulled back through the bore hole and into position
Scope of Work:
This project connected 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 installed an 8” Ductile Iron (DI) waterline and made 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 was being done within the trail, bike and pedestrian traffic remained open, but the trail was narrowed. We worked closely with King County Parks to notify trail users.
The work on 41st Avenue NE and on Beach Drive NE remained open to one lane of traffic and the contractor only worked 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 on August 11, 2025, and will take approximately 4 weeks to complete; updates will be forthcoming when more information becomes available.