It looks like

expanding two of Peachtree City's sewer treatment plants won't be so expensive

after all.

The lowest

bidder for the project, 3D Enterprise Contracting Corporation from Lexington,

Ky., presented the low bid of $9.99 million, which is $1.5 million under

the original estimates for the project, said Larry Turner, general manager

of the Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority. Another expensive

project also came in under estimates also, Turner said.

"Everybody

was happy with the prices," Turner said.

At a meeting

Saturday, the authority accepted the bid for the project, which involves

adding sewer treatment capacity to both plants. Also, the expansion will

add the capability for sewage to be treated one extra step so it can be

pumped to Planterra Ridge Golf Club to be used for irrigation purposes

in the summer months.

Once the plant

expansions are complete, the authority plans to shutter the aging Flat

Creek sewage treatment facility. But WASA still plans to discharge treated

water into Flat Creek, so a separate force main line will be built from

the Line Creek plant to Flat Creek so this can be accomplished.

Constructing

that line will cost $721,936 under the bid from Strack Inc. of Fairburn

that was approved by the authority. Strack was the second-lowest bidder,

but was selected by the authority since the lowest bidder had asked to

be disqualified from the process.

The original

estimates for that project were at $1.02 million, so the authority also

got a lower price in that case, Turner said.

The low bids

may have been the result of a drought in sewer projects in the area, Turner

added.

"We just

came out at a time when nothing else was bidding and a lot of contractors

wanted work," Turner said. "They were just hungry."

The first pre-construction

conference will likely be held after Labor Day, but it will take another

45 to 60 days before construction actually begins, Turner added.

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