The Word "Sewer"

I was reading the New York Times on Kindle today and ran across an article called "In a Scoreboard of Words, a Cultural Guide" by Natasha Singer. Excellent article, I might add. Anyway, it got me to thinking that I should try out this technology Google Ngram on our favorite word here on this blog, "sewer." Be sure to click the picture below to see it large enough to actually read!

Then I did a search with the words "sewer" and "Los Osos." I will this time imbed the graph.

You can move the cursor over the lines to see the actual percentage of instances of the word. You will note that the words "Los Osos" are a flatline compared to the word "sewer."

HOWEVER, I suspect that if this data collecting was inclusive of technical journals, newspaper and magazine articles, these words might be off the charts and tied closely together in many instances. Food for thought digestion. And perhaps elimination, pun intended. You can find the tool at this link to have fun with your own data queries at this link! https://books.google.com/ngrams

Water Board Meeting Notes

I attended the Regional Water Quality Control Board's meeting today in SLO. Staffer David LaCaro was giving an update to the Board on the status of the wastewater project. John Waddell, Project Manager from the County, was there to answer questions from the Board. The Los Osos regulars were there too of course.

The first and only public comment at Public Forum (comments for items not on the agenda) mentioned CDOs (Cease and Desist orders). You might recall those orders were issued because the LOCSD Board stopped the sewer project in 2005 after a recall election. These orders were "the stick" to get a sewer project going again as the Water Board was NOT pleased, to say the least. This technique was objected to by a group called PZLDF and they went to court to try to overturn these orders. They kept losing in court after higher court—up the food chain—but until they stopped suing the Water Board, the Water Board was not going to drop the CDOs. It finally ended, and you can read about it here, but since the sewer IS being built, the CDOs are meaningless and the desire to drop them was forgotten until now. The request was noted for investigation by the Water Board's legal counsel.

There was a report on a field trip to the sewer project by Water Board Vice Chair Dr. Wolff. It had been attended by two locals, LOCSD District Engineer Rob Miller, the Water Board's Executive Officer Kenneth Harris and board members including  Dr. Wolff. How this trip came into being is a bit of a mystery, as only a large community activist and a local developer represented the public of Los Osos on this trip. I looked back on Water Board minutes and my notes from a meeting on February 1, 2013 and found that Chairperson Young had directed board members Wolff and Hunter to a sub-committee meeting with the County at the that Water Board meeting to study the wastewater plans. I'm not sure what the nexus to this trip might be or why this trip happened. In any case, the report was glowing, that the project was coming along in an organized and clean fashion. Not what some Los Osos members of the audience wanted to hear.

Anyway, not to write a book, but the main points were these:

• On the water to dewater from the trenches, there was only 10% of the expected amount predicted;
• Some areas expected to have high groundwater had none;
• It was clear that both discharge to land and bay were permitted;
• The Water Board has an unclear, or not much of an, ability to influence the ISJ;
• There were 12 citizen comments and 3 agency comments on the Draft Basin Plan;
• The Draft Basin Plan has no timeline to meet the goals;
• The Basin Plan should hopefully be released in early 2014;
• Anything Los Osos water purveyors wish to do regarding water improvements requires coastal review;
• Dr. Hunter had multiple questions on everything and was asked by Dr. Wolff to give other Board members a chance to get their questions out;
• Private well metering was discussed in the context of getting accurate data for modeling the basin—the Board of Supes can issue ordinances forcing well owners to meter, but politically it is a burning-burning-burning hot potato;
• Walker Ditch (used for three weeks only) and the Solano pump station property are no longer needed for dewatering;
• The contractors are rapidly wrapping up dewatering, the flows average 50,000 gallons per day now;
• Dewatering water is going into a blackberry thicket and a eucalyptus grove where plant uptake helps to remove nitrates;
• The salts in the dewater water are significantly less than has the seawater in the bay;
• The dollar per acre foot cost on the recycled water being sold to the farmers is comparable to their pumping costs to give them incentive to use it;
• Once the resistant farmers see how well the farmers taking the treated water are doing, they will be encouraged to sign up;
• The Board was VERY unhappy getting Keith Wimer's hugely long Draft Basin Plan comments submitted 5 minutes before the meeting started; several Board members commented on that. The staff will read the document and make comments in May;
• Some of the public's comments on the wastewater project do not fall into the Water Board's preview;
• The Water Board cannot assist Los Osos citizens if they do not like their Supervisors, as they are elected;
• The Regional Water Board has no latitude to change the nitrate limit requirements (none at this time) in the discharge permit, those comments should go to the State Board;
• Mr. Young and Mr. Harris spoke to the public commenter's and Dr. Hunter's hoopla over the amount of nitrate in the dewatering water going into the bay—

 —the reason we are here today is because of the environmental impacts of the septic flows into the bay....any pumping into the bay is minor compared to what is going in there now. Any nitrate impacts to the bay (if there even are some) are transitory and will self correct (example; the Elkhorn Slough);

• Mr. Young would rather staff take up issues on saltwater intrusion than those around dewatering water's nitrates.

Great staff report by Mr. LaCaro and very helpful background information from Mr. Waddell, thank you both!

And that was pretty much it. (Meeting time: two and one half hours.)

Our new CSD General Manager was in attendance which was a good thing. Her professional, positive, friendly attitude is vital to the success in the relations between the CSD and the County on the subject of the wastewater treatment plant.

LOWWP October Update Online!

Read it here! Check out the photos!

http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Assets/PW/LOWWP/document+library/PM+Update+October+2013.pdf

Repairing the Street

Getting the street surface back to (better than it was) in pictures and videos.

Doing the lines for the cuts.

The first grinding left this trench.

Grinding went on more than once.

Ptooey.

Slurry dump.

Moving the slurry in place.

Squashing it smooth.

Going down the street.

Bankruptcy Here and There

Need I repeat the sad tale of the LOCSD's bankruptcy again? Well, I won't. But the bankruptcy lives on, perhaps to FINALLY end with the conclusion of these two meetings…one can hope anyway…too optimistic maybe…

Goodbye solid waste franchise, it's been nice knowing you.

Los Osos CSD meeting

Thursday, December 5, 2013

6:00 PM

2. CLOSED SESSION

A. PENDING LITIGATION (Government Code §54956.9(a).)

Conference with Legal Counsel Regarding Existing Litigation (Formally initiated:

-In re Los Osos Community Services District (ND-06-10548) United States Bankruptcy Court,

Central District of California, Northern Division

http://www.losososcsd.org/Library/2013%20Agenda%20Packet/12052013/12.05.2013%20LOCSD%20Board%20Meeting%20Agenda.pdf

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Board of Supervisors meeting

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

9:00 AM

Consent Agenda - Public Works Items:

9. Submittal of a resolution authorizing and directing the actions necessary to satisfy the conditions to effectiveness of the amended bankruptcy in In re the Los Osos Community Services District. District 2

http://agenda.slocounty.ca.gov/agenda/sanluisobispo/Proposal.html;jsessionid=1A4C3927B46F3C0ACC446F568E0AB1E8?select=2784

From The Washington Post - On Plumbers' Own Post-Thanksgiving "Black Friday"

A wonderful cautionary tale for us to learn when we hook-up to our new sewer. Who knows how we are dealing with the problem now.....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-thanksgiving-tradition-a-great-feast--and-pipes-clogged-with-used-cooking-grease/2013/11/27/8fade150-54bb-11e3-9fe0-fd2ca728e67c_story.html?tid=auto_complete

Grade Laser (more or less) In Action

Hypnotic!

Dig's Thanksgiving Post

The new post from Michelle this evening - the holiday schedule and a thank you!

Read it at this link:
http://www.diglososos.com/2013/11/25/holiday-work-thanksgiving/

Do NOT miss the photos at the bottom - really cute!

Starting December for Dig Los Osos....

......new office hours:

Off the Dig site:

Effective 12/1/13 office hours will be held only on Thursdays from 9 am to 11 am, or by appointment.

http://www.diglososos.com/contact/

LOCSD Special Meeting Today Cancelled!

I wonder what that means?

Sewer Geeks! Important Water Board Update!

Friday, December 6, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

Save the date, don't miss this meeting!

Central Coast Water Board

895 Aerovista Place, Suite 101, San Luis Obispo

See the agenda and related documents off this link.

http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/board_info/agendas/2013/dec/Item_24/index.shtml

World Toilet Day!

Darn, we missed it, it was yesterday! Well, check out the link here to see what it was about. Be sure to click through all the pictures as they are rather fun! You can go out apparently to celebrate, or you can celebrate at home!

However, it is very sobering to see what the lack of sanitation can cause. An excellent book on the topic is The Big Necessity The Unmentionable World of Human Waste And Why It Matters by Rose George. A fascinating read.

Los Osos is having its own daily toilet celebration I guess, seeing that the aim of the World Toilet Day was SANITATION! Our sewer project is moving along swiftly in the attempt to clean up the disgusting fact of, dare I say it? (sure, why not, it's my blog), peeing and pooping right on top of our water supply! Ugh. UGH. UGH!

A major side note to the cleaning up of things beyond water in Los Osos will occur Wednesday afternoon, November 20, 4:00 p.m. at the District Office on 9th Street. The BANKRUPTCY. This meeting is for the directors to vote on transferring the solid waste franchise to the County for $2.8 million. Read all about the meeting here.

This quote out of the staff report outlines a brief history:

As a result of the District's termination of the wastewater project being constructed under contract to the District, the creditors filed a series of claims and initiated legal action against the District.  As a result of those actions, the District declared Bankruptcy in August of 2006. The total amount of the creditor's claims at that time exceeded $46,500,000.

The bankruptcy was finally, finally approved on October 9, 2013 and this transfer is the last thing to be done to conclude these years of stress and I'd say torture even, imposed by a clueless, feckless board on its successors and our town. Fortunately for us, the final settlement amount was whittled down to  a mere $11,396,505.

For perspective, the entire operating budget of the District has been around $4.9 million yearly, but with the income from the Solid Waste Franchise gone, it will now be less. The periodic rate adjustments to our bills will no longer be determined by our LOCSD board, but by the County. The $151,000 in yearly franchise income, flushed down the toilet as it were. And that is the event on our agenda for the day after World Toilet Day. Get the facts here.

Infeasible Is Not A Dirty Word

Much ado has been made in the blogoshpere and public meetings of late over "dewatering." For those who have not chosen to fully live every phase of the sewer project, or prefer to leave water matters in the hands of the professionals, this water is that which is being pumped out of the trenches where the contractors are putting in the sewer pipe in the low lying areas. It is important to know that 1) You cannot lay and seal the pipe in water; 2) Anywhere from 300,000 gallons to 1 million gallons of water is going into the bay DAILY as a matter of natural course.

The County and contractors have been under fire by certain long-standing sewer critics for not using all of that water for recharge (at Tri-W, or rather the Mid-Town site, gets as much as it can percolate), or for dust control on the roads. And at Broderson. Some of that water has been pumped into the bay as there has been no other feasible place to put it, meaning trucking it "somewhere" or running pipe and pumps to some of the town's drainage basins would have had huge logistical and cost impacts.

The most definitive answer regarding Broderson, the place the sewer critics are pushing to put it lately, came from the County yesterday in the form of a letter from Dave Flynn, Deputy Director of Public Works to Kenneth A. Harris, Executive Director of the Central Coast Regional Water Control Board. Broderson is not feasible. Read the attached letter to see why.

The point is, the low lying areas needed to be dug up when there is no rain. Broderson has been a very lengthy process with all of the environmental work that was necessary and the project could not wait around for it to be finished.

To habitually scream 8 to 16 million gallons of water going into the bay!, with NO ACTUAL figures is just plain wrong, not to mention the irresponsibility of churning up panic or anger in the general populace by false statements. We now know that since July, there has been on average 750,000 gallons of dewatering a day. The average land disposal per day has been 550,000 gallons per day; of that, 400,000 gallons per day to Tri-W and 150,000 gallons per day used for construction purposes. So an average of 200,000 gallons of water is going into the bay (keep in mind 300,000 gallons goes in there NATURALLY).

So what is all this about? Critics latching onto a plausible-sounding argument with which to bash the County. Frankly, that just sucks and I am pretty sick of it.

I can only hope that County will consider the source of this dissension; it is tiny, long-standing in hating-every-aspect-of-this-or-any-other-doable-sewer-project, and while annoying, very annoying, it is only a small part of the populace who is otherwise getting along good-naturedly with the bumps and beauties of the project.

Another Sort Of Sewer Tour

Yesterday I posted a different sort of sewer tour. One that was lighthearded. This video is hard core, depressing. You might not want to watch it. Sewers have different uses. I guess these people are glad they have someplace to hide.

Anyone whining about what is happening here really needs a reality check about what happens in the other parts of the world.



Thank you Thomas Morton for making this video.

Plan Ahead For Your Summer Vacation in Paris!

I ran across this video on YouTube and thought we sewerphiles might like to view the sewer tour under the streets in Paris. This place has a sewer museum! I'm not sure that we could apply that idea here, but we do have a rather famous sewer history in Los Osos. We could sell manhole cover keychains, grinder pump coffee grinders (scaled down of course), sewer rats (ours would have to be pretty small, our pipes are dinky), and Eau de Toilette, a scent yet to be determined!



Thanks to Chris of Yellow Productions!

"Fatberg" in London Sewer

We septic tank users don't often, if ever, get a view into the tank. Because pumping is expensive, and we are sitting on top of our water source, most of us try to be mindful of what we put in there. But in 2016 we will all be hooked up to our new sewer, and since some of us are imports from cities where we really don't give much thought to what goes down the potty, here is a glimpse of what could happen, on a much smaller scale of course, to our spanking new pipes (try not to gasp or puke, or maybe just don't go to this link):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2417381/The-Fatberg--bigger-Londons-dirty-secret-grown-THREE-tonnes-just-month.html

So think before flushing. Our town's collective septic system at Bayridge Estates had a blockage on October 24 due to large chunks of grease and wipes. So now is a good time to start practicing good sewer stewardship as ghastly as that sounds.

Dig Los Osos Says Purple Pipe Coming Back To Town!

Check out the new post today:

http://www.diglososos.com/2013/11/01/work-installing-the-recycled-water-pipeline-heads-through-town/

Sleep in a Sewer Pipe!

I love Google Alerts! Look what it found at Slate Magazine:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/10/29/sleep_in_a_concrete_sewer_pipe_at_this_austrian_hotel.html

Dexterity, Giant Sized!

This operator is amazing—think he has done this a few thousand times before?

Sewer Work on Sixteenth

Similar to, but different from the reconstruction of the tanks on16th (and the street being torn up for the new piping that went with it), the sewer construction is the most exciting thing to hit 16th. OK, the broken unmarked water pipe near the bike path was high drama a few days back, but it was over pretty fast. This is going on for a while.

It started with the pot holing.

Then the street was unzipped.

Water applied at every step to keep down the dust.

Electrical wires lifted out of the way.

Coming up the hill.

Digging sand.

The point of digging, placing pipes. Rather a pretty color!

The trench boxes are moved around with surgical precision.

Tap, tap, tap. Then more digging inside the box.

Plates go down to keep the sand contained.

When the pipe is in the trench boxes come out. 

Note the lift in the back, they are pretty heavy.

Plates arrive to cover the excavation.

Look to the upper left at the holiday appropriate antenna decor!

There is so much more to say about the mind boggling dexterity of the equipment operators. How they lift, trek, nudge and tap these giant hunks of steel as though they didn't weigh tons.

And the fantastic project coordination with the many steps that require perfect timing between the different parts of the team—the guys constantly measuring, guys cutting pipe, so as soon as the trench is ready, in goes the pipe, the street sweeping and watering both with the equipment and by hand, new water arriving via truck, two trucks lined up to keep the dirt coming up and away from the trench, the dirt coming back to go into the newly piped section, putting on the plates with some hot asphalt to keep them firmly in place. Today is Saturday and the watering trucks came twice (while I was paying attention). 

I got nothing done Friday watching this oh, so, beautiful show.

September 2013 Progress Report Now Online

The County has newly posted the LOWWP's September Progress Report online—go check it out:

http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Assets/PW/LOWWP/document+library/PM+Monthly+Update+Sep+2013.pdf

16th Street Water Works!

Well, it was a tough day on 16th Street for both the ARB construction guys and our own CSD water crew (and for residents and one of the schools too). There was an unmarked water pipe (where have we heard that story before?) a tad north of the El Moro Bike Path and one of the big machines hit it. I missed the first part, the fountain, but will show some later shots of the event. I only knew something had happened because I went to wash my hands, two drops of water came out, then nothing.

The CSD crew had already jumped into action, Frank was running up the street to the tanks to turn something off and our other CSD water crew guys were locating the shut off valves to shut the water off, of which there were more than one.

The ARB crew had to halt work until the water stopped off course, but some brave residents motored out of the mess with no problem.

Fortunately the drainage project at the bottom of 16th had been set up years ago and it worked to get the water across and under Paso Robles down to Walker Ditch and beyond.

Once the water stopped, the ARB crew was all ready to go with a new section of pipe and two couplings. So as one guy said, "we have an upgrade!"

The main things about this, no one was hurt, no homes flooded and the repair was done amazingly fast. Sure, too bad about the water loss, but now that the CSD is FINALLY out of bankruptcy, maybe some money will be available to do some capital improvement upgrades which have been on the back burner for years.

I had two in-depth conversations, one with with ARB's Paul Gallagher, Project Manager and one with HDR's Jim Brantley, Construction Manager. They both were on top of the problem immediately. They both have had experience with big projects like this, so this was not anything new to deal with, they had seen it all before. We are in good hands, no question, these guys and their crews are quite amazing and we are lucky to have them working for us!

Looking South

Drainage at Work

The Hidden Pipe

Looking North

All Fixed

The Latest News From Dig!

On time for completion and over half way done!

http://www.diglososos.com/2013/10/18/construction-update-more-than-half-way-done-on-track-for-completion/

Government Shutdown Impacts the LOWWP

The New Times' latest issue which came out today has a story on the impacts of the government shutdown to our county. Our sewer project funding took a hit, which hopefully, since the shutdown is over, will go back to normal money-wise. Sad, sad, sad that this happened, not simply for our project as the broader picture is far worse.

Read the New Times story here and look for the heading, Effects on local government:

http://www.newtimesslo.com/cover/10142/fed-up-octobers-partial-federal-government-shutdown-is-just-the-latest-manifestation-of-the-cyclical-crises-plaguing-slo-county-and-the-nation/

Sewer Related, That's For Sure

Today the CSD put out a press release with the FINAL results of the bankruptcy caused so many years ago by stopping the last sewer project. I'll put a copy up here in case you would like to read what it says.

Sad, sad, sad, so much wasted time, money and water (as we could not conserve nearly so much water without a sewer project to fund it.) Oh well.

Regional Board's Response to LOCSD Letter

I heard about this letter Wednesday and here it is—the response from the Regional Board to the LOCSD's letter on de-watering. Looks like they are fine with what the contractors are doing and if they are not concerned, so neither should we be. To the hair-on-fire commenters on other online places, the fire is officially out.

Update From Coastal Commission - Amendment Approved

Yesterday's meeting had a Los Osos item on the Consent Agenda for the Central Coast. It was called an "immaterial amendment" and it was to move the stand-by power station for the Lupine Pump Station. There were 9 items on this agenda, and of course, the only one to engender an objection was the Los Osos item. However it did not change Staff's opinion to allow the amendment to pass and the Coastal Commission agreed. This took a grand total of 40 seconds. Access the documents for this item at this link:

http://losewersaga.blogspot.com/2013/10/california-coastal-commission-hears.html

One wonders, had the objections not been there, and as the staff report made full approval of this amendment, was there any need for the expense of sending Mark Hutchinson and Paavo Ogren to San Diego for 40 seconds? My advice to the obstructionists? Don't. Please don't. You are costing this project unnecessarily—once again.

If you are into CCC geekiness, you can access the video of the meeting off this page, but for 40 seconds 25 minutes into the meeting, better to read the outcome here.

Doorhanger!

Yippee!!! Got my 72-hour door hanger!!! Can't wait for the construction to begin!!! (The 16th Street tank project with the new water lines was the opening act a couple of years ago and that was fascinating!)

Dig Los Osos Advises Caution

The pipe that will take the treated water back to town will begin installation today, 10-9-13. It will travel from Clark Valley Road back to the disposal sites. Expect traffic delays and be careful! This return pipe will take less time to install than the outbound gravity lines and force mains and you can read the full story here:

http://www.diglososos.com/2013/10/08/traffic-alert-work-on-los-osos-valley-road-resumes/

California Coastal Commission Hears Project Amendment

Thursday October 10, 2013 the CCC will hear a proposed amendment to the Coastal Development permit for the sewer project. The Executive Director deems the amendment as immaterial and recommends that the change as it is consistent with the original CDP approval. However, if objections are received, the amendment won't be passed unless three Commissioners agree to the immateriality of the of the Executive Director's determination. If they do not, the application shall be processed as a Material CDP amendment.

Please read the report below.

Part of the Sewer Plan, the HCP

One of the conditions to the sewer project is the Habitat Conservation Plan (see the need for this and what it is at this link to project conditions - No. 92, page 37 of 98 if you open the document in Acrobat).

We haven't heard much about it, but it will be unveiled next week at the South Bay Community Center, Tuesday October 8. There will be two sessions for you to learn and to give input. The LOCAC website lists the times at 3:30-5:30 p.m. and at 7:30-9:00 p.m..

I have a copy of the old 2005 plan, but all the links to a copy of that plan online seem to be dead. So to get an idea of what this is about, here are some useful links:

For mostly what you need to know about what the plan is, click the blue links or just scroll through to the bottom:

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/09/19/2013-22778/habitat-conservation-plan-for-the-community-of-los-osos-san-luis-obispo-county-ca-notice-of-intenthttps://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/09/19/2013-22778/habitat-conservation-plan-for-the-community-of-los-osos-san-luis-obispo-county-ca-notice-of-intent

Lots of info here on the County document at this link:

http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Assets/PL/environmental/Los+Osos+Communitywide+Habitat+Conservation+Plan/NOP.pdf

And here is the timeline/status report:

http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Assets/PL/environmental/Los+Osos+Communitywide+Habitat+Conservation+Plan/statusreport.pdf

$300,000 in grant funds were awarded to SLO County from the Coastal Impact Assistant Program to pay for the state and federal EIR reports needed for this plan required for the wastewater treatment facility by the California Coastal Commission.

Public participation is invited and encouraged, so I hope to see you there!

(Not to confuse you, but this is not the same thing as the Habitat Management Plan which fulfills Special Condition 3 of the CDP or Coastal Development Permit.)

New Tweet from Dig on LOVR Traffic

Dig Los Osos has posted a new article about the traffic impacts on LOVR due to construction. I failed to think about that today and sat through a 10-minute delay! Plan ahead!

Read the story at this link:

http://www.diglososos.com/2013/10/02/traffic-update-work-on-los-osos-valley-road-continues-expect-delays/

Reclamation Facility On Supes Agenda 10-8-13

Board Business:

19. Letter transmitting plans and specifications (Clerk’s File) for the Los Osos Wastewater Project, Water Recycling Facility, Los Osos for Board approval and advertisement for construction bids and submittal of a resolution making findings pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400 designating product requirements. The recommended bid opening date is Thursday November 21, 2013. District 2

When the support documents are uploaded, I will include a link.

Here is the link to the support documents:

http://agenda.slocounty.ca.gov/agenda/sanluisobispo/Proposal.html;jsessionid=41E21522081D225E794B77C2A97F8423?select=2653

CCC Proposes Permit Amendment

Dated September 26, 2013, the proposed amendment to the Coastal Development Permit (CDP) would allow for the standby power building associated with the Lupine Pump Station to be relocated to a parcel with a greater distance from wetlands, where no tree trimming or removal would occur and that has no suitable habitat for the endangered Morro shoulderband snail. The amendment would also amend Special Condition 4 to allow the recordation of the required easement to occur prior to the operation of the treatment plant rather than prior to the construction of the plant.

This letter arrived in the mail on Friday, September 27. The Commissions reference number for the proposed amendment is A-3-SLO-09-055/069-A2.

The Executive Director has determined this change to be immaterial as it is consistent with the Commission's original CDP approval, the certified LCP, the Coastal Act's access and recreation policies.

August 2013 Progress Report Now Online

See it at this link:

http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Assets/PW/LOWWP/PM+Monthly+Update+Aug2013.pdf

BOS, 9-24-13 LOVR Road Widening Ahead

9. Submittal of bid opening report for Los Osos Valley Road Widening between Doris Avenue and Pine Avenue in Los Osos, and to award the subject contract to R. Burke Corporation, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $203,698. District 2. 
   

50%!

Good news from Dig Los Osos! We are around 50% completion on trenching in the roads! Read the latest at this link:

http://www.diglososos.com/2013/09/12/construction-update-long-days-means-faster-completion/