P.O.W. Contracting, Inc., a Pasco-based construction firm, is the primary contractor for an approximately $980,000 project that will improve the irrigation system in several neighborhoods in Yakima. Work on the West Yakima Irrigation System Phase 2 Improvements project is nearly complete and will be finished in time for the start of the 2015 irrigation season this spring.
The contractor has completed the installation of all new irrigation mains and services throughout the project area. Once local asphalt plants open in late March or early April, the contractor will complete the final surface restoration on Summitview Avenue and Cleman Avenue. Until then, a temporary trench patch will remain in place. Final landscape restoration will also take place later this year in areas disturbed by installations.
The project will improve the irrigation water delivery system in neighborhoods between Summitview Avenue to the south, Lincoln Avenue to the north, 21st Avenue to the east, and 37th Avenue to the west.
Approximately 5,130 linear feet of new 3-inch and 4-inch high-density polyethylene (“HDPE”) pipe and approximately 7,390 linear feet of new 3-inch to 12-inch polyvinyl chloride (“PVC”) pipe has been installed. More than 200 new irrigation service connections have also been completed as part of the project.
Funding for the project is provided from the City’s Irrigation Capital Improvement budget.
For more information about the project, contact Water/Irrigation Engineer Mike Shane at 576-6480.
Irrigation Improvement Project Update – News Release