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WEIRTON - While substantially complete, the Weirton Sanitary Board is hoping to get a few final "wish list" items as part of the project expanding the capacity of the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
Jesse Alden, project manager from Thrasher Engineering, reported during the board’s meeting Thursday, the project to expand the treatment plant to a capacity of 8 million gallons per day, stands at a 99.7 percent completion, based on the expenditures of the $38,572,670.37 contract with Triton Construction.
"We’re waiting on some additional proposals from Triton to work through the contingency funds," Alden said. "I’m hoping to have something from them next month."
Substantial completion on the project was declared in April, with $320,000 remaining of the initial $1.8 million in contingency.
Alden said some of the work includes some touch up and reseeding of the top soil at the treatment plant, and some tasks with the aeration basin and gates, and a few warranty-related tasks.
The treatment plant project, designed to expand capacity from 4 million gallons per day to 8 million gallons per day, broke ground in April 2024.
Planning began in January 2019 when local officials were notified of interest from a large manufacturing company looking to locate in Weirton. At the time, officials said the treatment plant, which was built in the 1960s, had little room for additional capacity and would need expansion to support new development in the community.
(Howell can be contacted at chowell@weirtondailytimes.com)