At a July 26 meeting, the Pflugerville City Council approved an $860,343 professional services agreement with Walker Partners LLC for preliminary design services on the project.
The scope of the project involves construction of 13,900 linear feet of 27-inch wastewater interceptor line roughly along Kelly Lane.
It also includes 1,400 linear feet of 12- to 15-inch interceptor lines that will eliminate the need for four nearby lift stations, which will be decommissioned.
Interceptor lines are a type of wastewater line that carries wastewater directly to a treatment plant. In this case, the new lines will carry wastewater to the Wilbarger Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Assistant City Engineer Jeff Dunsworth said the new configuration is expected to make the wastewater conveyance process more cost-effective and environmentally friendly.
The project is one of several outlined in the city's wastewater master plan.
