Post Falls sewer project in the pipeline

POST FALLS — Construction is underway on a new pressure sewer main, which is being installed this summer under 12th Avenue.  

The project could cost $1,247,420 and will be funded through the wastewater collection fund.  

Post Falls city administrator Shelly Enderud said the project will replace sewer lines installed in the 1970s and add to the sewer capacity along Highway 41.   

“It’s a pretty critical connection for us and something that’s been in our master planning prior to even this master plan being designed, but 12th Avenue will be closed for more than folks would like, I’m sure,” Enderud said.  

There will be phased road closures along Sugar Maple and 12th Avenue during the construction process. Work will start east and move west, and there may be temporary access restrictions to driveways or pedestrian traffic in the area.  

Deputy city administrator Warren Wilson called the project a “pretty major undertaking” as sewer piping is installed. 

“Roughly the first half of the project, a big transmission main, would take the wastewater from the east side of town to the station on 12th Avenue, and then that line will go all the way to the west side to the treatment plant,” Wilson said. 

The wastewater project is projected to be complete by the end of the summer. 

    Sewer pipes are being installed along 12th Avenue near Sugar Maple in Post Falls.