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~' •' ~ <br />TO: Laura Blackmon, County Manager <br />COPIES: County Comissioners <br />Willie Best, Asst. County Manager <br />Gwen Harvey, Asst. County Manager <br />Geof Gledhill, County Attorney <br />FROM: Paul Thames, PE, County Engineer <br />DATE: June 11, 2007 <br />SUBJECT: Timeline for the sewer construction project for the North Buckhom community <br />(north of I-85/40) and central Efland. <br />As per your request, I have put together a timeline for completing the above-referenced sewer <br />construction project. 1 must include one caveat, however, and that involves the Northern <br />Buckhom portion of the project. From the very outset of connecting the Gravelly Hill school <br />and both the southern and northern sections of Buckhom Road to the City of Mebane's <br />existing wastewater collection system, there have been issues with the sufFciency of the <br />capacity of Mebane's Industrial Drive wastewater pumping station (the City's pumping station <br />nearest to the project area). It appears that these issues may not have been adequately or <br />completely resolved as of this moment. I am attaching an email from Jim Thames, PE, of <br />Colter Jewell Thames, the County's engineering consultant for the Buckhom and Efland <br />project outlining his difficulties in completing the project's Preliminary Engineering Report (the <br />grant-required document submitted for environmental review through the federal review <br />agencies). The normal time far review of this document is approximately 9.0 days and <br />submission of this document is the number one item, in both the chronological and project <br />approval sense, for this project. For the sake of optimism as expressed in the attached email, <br />I will .assume that the Engineer's report will be submitted in two weeks. <br />If I may provide additional information, please advise. <br />