GLWA 54-Inch Water Main Loop
Updated: 5/15/24
Start: February 21, 2022
Current Status: In-Progress
End: August 30, 2024
Road Jurisdiction: Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA)
Description
This is a Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) project involving the construction of a 54-inch transmission water main to interconnect two existing GLWA transmission mains at 14 Mile and 8 Mile Roads.
The project was initiated in response to a pipe failure in October 2017 that greatly impacted Novi, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, Commerce, Walled Lake, and Wixom communities. This new main will provide redundancies and improved operational flexibility for routine maintenance or emergencies.
Phase 1 began under a different contract in late 2020 to extend an existing 24-inch transmission main along 14 Mile Road, between M-5 and Decker/Novi Roads.
This Phase 2 project was bid out publicly and GLWA awarded $98 Million to the Joint Venture team of Ric-Man Construction and Clark Construction. As an added benefit, the City (through a cost share agreement with GLWA) will reconstruct four (4) road segments: 11 Mile Road from Seeley to Meadowbrook; Meadowbrook Road from 11 Mile to 12 Mile; Meadowbrook Road from 12 Mile to 13 Mile; and 13 Mile Road from Meadowbrook to M-5
Road Closures
Meadowbrook (12 to 13 Mile) – Meadowbrook Road is currently closed to through traffic from just north of Hummingdale Boulevard (north of 12 Mile Road) to just south of the Crosspointe Meadows church entrance.
Progress (Updated 5/15/24):
8 Mile Road, between Haggerty Road and I-275 – This portion of 8 Mile Rd. is open.
13 Mile Road (M-5 to Meadowbrook) - 13 Mile Road is currently open to two-way traffic. After school lets out, the City of Novi has a paving contractor ready to begin work on the roadway.
Meadowbrook (12 to 13 Mile) - The contractor is now complete with the installation of the 54-inch water main on pipe piles between the Crosspointe Meadows church and Hummingdale Boulevard (Beacon Hill Subdivision).
The contractor is installing underdrain and grading the roadway with a new stone base.