Things will go more smoothly for city
By sewers if changes to the Colorado/Ocean Sewer Relief Project allow an easement to occur on local property, city staff suggests.
An existing sewer main on Colorado Avenue handles two-thirds of all wastewater flows in the city. The sewer line was damaged during the Northridge earthquake in 1994 and as a result, rehabilitation is needed. Rehabilitation of the existing line can only be done during a shut-down of the line, according to a city staff report, so a relief sewer must first be constructed.
In 2004, the city began planning for the Colorado/Ocean Sewer Relief Project. The project was to address the need to increase the capacity of the sewer system to accommodate current and anticipated future flows, while also providing an additional line in this important section of the sewer system.
An adjustment to initial plans is now requiring an easement, which will allow the right to access, service or make emergency repairs to pipes running under someone’s property. The easement will run under the parking lot of the property at 120 Colorado Avenue,just east of the Holiday Inn hotel building, and will be 25 feet wide and 85 feet long.
Funds for the upgrade have been allotted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been in existence since the 1994 quake. The project is expected to cost $171,000.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 5, 2006. Read the original PDF.