ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville City Council is expected to authorize the city manager to enter into a professional services contract with Ardurra Group Inc. for the North Fork Transmission Main No. 3 project, a key initiative aimed at improving the resilience of the city’s water distribution system.
The item is on the council agenda for Tuesday’s 5 p.m. meeting in council chambers at City Hall.
The North Fork project, prioritized by Asheville’s Water Resources Department, is designed to reduce the risk of system outages during natural disasters and add redundancy to the city’s water infrastructure. It involves constructing roughly 30,000 feet of new transmission main connecting the North Fork Water Treatment Plant to an interconnection point at Bee Tree Junction, with potential links to other transmission mains along the route…