A sewer pipe lining project and a survey to clear up road sign discrepancies were recently completed in Mexico.

The lining work covered sections of the sanitary sewer collection system around the city as part of the 2021 cured in place pipe project. It came in $12,719 over budget, increasing the total cost to almost $254,900.

According to Public Works director Kinsey Russell, the budget underestimated the materials actually needed to finish the project. However, the added expense was not unanticipated.

“We are still within the authorized budget,” he explained.

Cured in place pipe construction does less damage and requires less time than traditional work. In most cases, CIPP projects need little or no trench digging.

The City Council had approved $300,000 for the cured in place pipe project. Insituform Technology completed the work.

Public Works also reviewed a drainage pipe issue, following up on a complaint by a resident on the 900 block of Ruth Court. The pipe swamps backyards in the area.

“We were able to put together a history on the area,” Russell reported. “The pipe in question was extended probably when the houses were built.”

Russell told council members the department would present a plan to the residents that would have the city assuming maintenance of the drainage system.

A sewer line on Grove Street with a history of blockages will be upgraded from 4 inches in diameter to the modern standard of 8 inches.

The city approved a bid of $23,195 from Mexico-based contractor Plan B Development to replace 250 feet of the line, running from Hisey Street to Breckenridge.

There is $73,500 available in the wastewater budget to cover the cost.

“The work will be completed behind the curb of the street, but will require some sidewalk replacement,” Russell noted.

Meanwhile crews wrapped up a project to right discrepancies in Traffic Schedules, essentially a catalog of where traffic signs are posted throughout the city.

The effort focused on stop, yield and no parking signs. Teams from the Street Division and Engineering Division of the Public Works Department found 58 occasions where information in the book did not match what was on the ground.

Twenty-seven yield signs existed on paper, while 33 stop signs planted at intersections were not noted in the schedule.

There were duplicate records of two stop signs on Webster Street.

“This brings things in line with what’s on paper,” explained city engineer Drew Williford.