Minot's public works department continues to deal with with thousands of dollars in damage to streets and sewer systems from a June 17 rain storm.
The Minot City Council's Public Works and Safety Committee voted Wednesday to recommend the council transfer $120,000 from sales tax money designated for highways into the street maintenance account to cover costs related to spring snow melt and the June storm. The city has $74,000 in its maintenance account, and $194,000 in projected repair work.
Public works director Alan Walter told aldermen that federal money could reimburse some of the $120,000 transfer.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is looking at possible participation in projects totaling $136,473, along with $2,163 in damages to City Hall. Many other areas of damage are ineligible for coverage, though, Walter said.
The public works department has identified 22 instances of damage to roads, storm sewers and other infrastructure. That doesn't include a new site identified this week in the area of North Broadway and 30th Avenue. Officials expect more problem areas to turn up as time goes on.
Walter showed slides of damaged infrastructure to the committee and explained some of the repairs remaining to be done.
One major project is the alley south of 27th Avenue and east of Third Street Northwest. The alley has a large breakup in the asphalt, with repair estimated at $15,000. Another $12,000 project involves repair of Sunset Boulevard, south of 21st Avenue Northwest.
Repair of crack sealing on joints on Broadway from 11th Avenue South to Fifth Avenue North is estimated at between $50,000 to $100,000. In addition, the storm revealed flaws in the design of part of the storm sewer system in north Minot that will be costly to fix, Walter said.
Areas of less extensive damage exist across town, particularly on the north side. To fix those, the public works department estimates total costs of $78,000 for asphalt patch mix, $73,000 for concrete work and $16,000 for gravel and other miscellaneous products.
The city also is working with the Ward County Water Board on a plan to retain water from Puppy Dog Coulee before it reaches southwest Minot. Water rushing through the coulee following the June 17 rain flooded houses in Green Acres Addition before spilling over 16th Street Southwest onto mall property.