Kennedale awards contract for Briar Court hillside sewer replacement and bank stabilization

Kennedale’s City Council approved a contract award April 2 for the Briar Court Hillside Sanitary Sewer Improvements project, selecting the lowest responsive bidder after engineers said seven bids were received and recommended award to A8 Development LLC (low bid reported around $650,000 against an opinion-of-cost near $850,000).

City engineers described the work as upsizing an 8-inch bottleneck crossing to a 12-inch ductile-iron aerial crossing, replacing undersized sewer lines and several manholes, stabilizing eroded creek banks with gabion (rock-filled) mattresses and baskets, and making pavement and driveway repairs in the Hillside neighborhood near Arthur Intermediate School.

“The aerial pipe will be ductile iron…resistant to the elements,” an engineer said while describing concrete supports and footing details for the crossing. The engineers also said the current design will abandon and grout a sewer segment running under a resident’s pool and replace it with a grouted concrete pipe capped and supported to prevent future collapse; public works staff said the project will perform panel replacements for affected driveways rather than full replacements in most cases.

Officials said a preconstruction meeting for affected residents is planned for April 16, and the contractor has indicated readiness to mobilize in May. The project contract allows five months for construction, putting a likely completion near September. Council approved the project by voice vote (recorded as 4–0).