An official said the city is
”
shooting for
”
having San Benito Street reopened by Friday evening after a
series of main breaks last week prompted the closure. The initial
main break occurred Oct. 14 at the intersection of San Benito and
Hawkins streets. In the following days, there were two additional
breaks nearby on San Benito Street and another on Victoria
Street.
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An official said the city is “shooting for” having San Benito Street reopened by Friday evening after a series of main breaks last week prompted the closure.
Community Services Director Clay Lee today said crews are wrapping up repair work on the four affected areas. They poured slurry today, but it has to cure for a while, he said.
“And we’re shooting for having paving done tomorrow and having the streets open by 5 or 6 tomorrow evening,” Lee said.
The initial main break occurred Oct. 14 at the intersection of San Benito and Hawkins streets. In the following days, there were two additional breaks nearby on San Benito Street and another on Victoria Street, City Manager Clint Quilter noted to council members at their meeting this week.
The city brought in outside contractors for excavation, concrete cutting and other work. Crews from the Sunnyslope Water District also helped. Lee noted, though, that the city hasn’t received all the invoices for the work and he expects to have a “decent estimate” sometime next week.
Lee also advised that citizens whose property was damaged as a direct result of the main breaks should call the utilities division at 636-4377.
“We really appreciate the patience of the businesses and the residents on San Benito Street,” he said. “This is not a normal thing. This kind of was the perfect storm.”
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Editor’ note: There is a clarification on the overall costs for the projects. Ray Espinosa noted the county is looking at outside funding opportunities for some of the projects. The county so far has received about $300,000 to get some of the projects started. San Benito also is pursuing stimulus funds for backup infrastructure projects. One thing he left out was that the county is earmarking capital funds for these projects, but the quote numbers aren’t final.
