Repair work to water infrastructure near Fourth Street in central Hollister — intended to fix an aging water line that caused many main breaks in recent years — remains on schedule for an early October completion, city officials said Thursday.
Contractor Monterey Peninsula engineering is doing the construction for the $3.5 million overhaul to the storm drain system in that area of the city, said Bryan Swanson, Hollister’s development services director. It’s meant to help prevent the series of breaks and flooding that have plagued the storm drain lines in the central part of the city.
The project is set to last 120 days in total and is expected to be finished Oct. 2-4, and that time frame hasn’t changed, Swanson said.
“We’ve had a lot of lines breaking over the years in that area,” Swanson said. “This will alleviate that. It’s one of the oldest areas of the community, and the infrastructure was poor.”
The scope of the work is from College Street to Line Street along Fourth Street. It includes a couple side streets such as Powell and Mapleton streets, said City Engineer Danny Hillstock.
Overall, the work includes storm drain improvements, curb and gutter work, and sidewalk improvements.
Swanson said the project has caused some frustration with traffic detours in the area, but that some people don’t understand the project.
“We work with the contractor every day to make sure traffic management is as best as it could be,” he said.
