Fort Smith’s $5.3 million Sub-Basin P005 sewer project remains under construction
Fort Smith lists a $5,316,733 sanitary-sewer rehabilitation project in Sub-Basin P005 as under construction, with completion estimated for Jan. 1, 2027.
The work is part of the city’s consent-decree sewer-upgrade program. The city identifies the project as ongoing; the available record does not establish it as a newly approved project.
City information describes the work as rehabilitation of existing sewer infrastructure within the named sub-basin. It lists the project cost as $5,316,733, a figure that remains a city-posted project estimate rather than a reported final cost.
Lines and manholes included in the work
The project scope covers approximately 12,782 linear feet of 8-inch and 10-inch sanitary sewer lines, according to the city’s consent-decree projects page.
It also calls for approximately 36 manholes to be repaired, replaced or rehabilitated. The city lists open-cut construction, pipe bursting and cured-in-place pipe among the methods to be used for the work.
Those methods are listed for the same Sub-Basin P005 project, rather than as separate projects. The city does not specify on the indexed project page which method will be used at particular locations in the sub-basin.
Part of Fort Smith’s utility construction program
Sub-Basin P005 is one of Fort Smith’s consent-decree projects, linking the work to the city’s sewer-upgrade obligations under its consent decree. The project concerns the Fort Smith sewer system’s core utility infrastructure.
The city also maintains an engineering utility-projects page for active water and sewer construction work. That page includes other projects and provides project costs and estimated completion dates for listed work, while the consent-decree page provides the details for Sub-Basin P005.
The available city information does not provide an exact construction start date, a current percentage of completion, a construction-area map or information about temporary street closures for Sub-Basin P005. It also does not say whether the posted cost or estimated completion date has changed since the estimate was listed.
Next listed milestone
Construction is the project’s listed current phase. Jan. 1, 2027, is the city’s estimated completion date, not a confirmed completion date.
Until the city posts updated project information, the public record identifies the work as under construction and provides no additional schedule milestone before that estimate.
Sources
- Consent Decree Projects, City of Fort Smith
- Utility Projects, City of Fort Smith