This street extension project in Lacey is finally about to begin, city says
The College Street Northeast extension, a project that has been decades in the making, could finally go out to bid later this year, a city official told Lacey City Council at a recent work session.
The project would extend the street from Eighth Avenue Northeast to 15th Avenue Northeast.
How long has the city been working toward this goal? Lacey Mayor Andy Ryder, who recently turned 50, said he could recall seeing a sign announcing the future extension when he was a student at Chinook Middle School.
“It’s been in the works a while,” said Public Works Director Scott Egger.
As part of the extension, the city had to acquire right of way or negotiate construction easements for 13 properties. Nine of those have been secured with four more to go. Those final agreements are expected to be settled in the next month or so, according to information shared during the work session.
Ryder asked whether fences along the extension will be built. As part of the negotiations, every property owner between Eighth Avenue and 15th Avenue will receive a fence, he was told.
Once that happens, the project could go out to bid later this spring. It is estimated the project will take 250 working days and be complete toward the end of summer 2025.
Some other construction updates:
▪ Golf Club Road Southeast: This $6.5 million project to replace water and sewer lines, which actually began on Lacey Boulevard Southeast in June 2023 before turning south onto Golf Club Road, is nearly complete, said city design and construction manager Ashley Smith. The street is currently being repaved — work that is expected to be complete in mid-April — followed by re-striping of the street in May.
“It’s just an infrastructure upgrade,” Smith said in June 2023 about the project. She said the infrastructure in the area was “very old.”
▪ Terry Cargil Reservoir: This $8.5 million project to build a 1.25 million-gallon water tower at 4504 B Intelco Loop SE is nearly done. The top of it has been installed and now it will be blasted and coated. A section of Intelco Loop also has to be repaved. It is set to be complete in the third quarter of this year.
This story was originally published March 29, 2024 at 5:00 AM.
