At the May 1, 2024 Lynnfield Center Water District’s Board Meeting, the Board of Water Commissioners voted to award the Glen Drive Water Treatment Plant project to Daniel O’Connell & Sons in accordance with their low bid submitted in the amount of $13,977,000. The award remains subject to approval by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s State Revolving Fund (DEP/SRF). Once the authorization to award from DEP is received, Director Scenna has been authorized to send all necessary contract documents to them for execution. The project became eligible for the SRF program, and the zero percent (0%) interest loans it offers, after a competitive application process in 2023, and the contract is applicable to all DEP/SRF requirements. The program is estimated to save District rate payers seven million dollars ($7M) over the 20-year life of the borrowing. This equates to approximately $79 per house per year in savings over the twenty years.
“The bid process went exceptionally well, and we are extremely pleased with the outcome. We received 6 bids, nearly double the estimated bids traditionally received for a project of this nature. The low bid was 5% below the anticipated estimate and 2% below the 2nd bidder. Those are excellent ranges between bids and estimates.” said Director John Scenna.
Weston & Sampson has been retained as the Owner’s Project Manager (OPM) and to provide Resident Project Representative Services on site. The project’s design engineer, CDM Smith, will provide technical review of construction in the capacity of Construction Engineering Services. “We now have in place a strong team to lead the Glen Drive Project with Weston & Sampson and CDM Smith. They have worked on similar projects both separately, and together as a team. We are very excited and look forward to final approval and the start of construction”, said Scenna.
Once SRF funding is finalized with the DEP, construction on the Glen Drive Water Treatment Plant can commence. Construction is set to begin in the coming months with an anticipated completion date for the end of 2025. The new facility will treat iron, manganese and PFAS. LCWD and CDM Smith are now also designing a transmission piping system to bring water from Station 2 into the new treatment facility. This will further treat Station 2 water with the new system at Glen Drive. The pipeline design, which is fully funded as part of a $1.1M DEP water management act grant received by the LCWD in collaboration with Representative Jones, Senator Creighton, and the Lynnfield Select Board, has the transmission pipeline being installed within the easement made available by the Sagamore Golf Course as part of the Regency Development agreement. “We have been creating puzzle pieces for years now since I first came on as Commissioner. It’s nice to finally see the pieces of the puzzle now come together for the benefit of the District. I’m looking forward to seeing it all come together over the next year.” said Chairman Joe Maney.
For continued updates on this project, please visit the LCWD website at www.lcwd.us.
