 | | | The new Diablo Visa pumping plant. Photo provided | | | | | | There is great news for traffic on Mount Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette: East Bay Municipal Utility District's contractor has almost finished installing a 30-inch diameter pipeline and related service lines at the southwest corner at Mt. Diablo Court, next to the cemetery.
The lane shifts and cones that residents have become used to will soon be a distant memory as the patch paving work is completed in the next few weeks.
EBMUD's existing Diablo Vista Pumping Plant, located at 3305 Mount Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette, near Carol Lane, is a critical facility that serves the communities of Lafayette, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek. However, due to aging, it now needs replacing. To connect the new facility to the existing water distribution system, the 30-inch pipeline has been installed on the freeway side of Mt. Diablo Boulevard. Once the new pumping plant is finished and tested, the existing plant will be demolished and turned into a parking lot.
Already the below-ground base and walls have been erected and electrical and support work are currently taking place onsite. Additional concrete pours will be necessary to form the above-ground walls and to complete the roof. More electrical and mechanical work will take place inside the new pumping plant following structural completion.
Pumping plant construction vehicles and deliveries will continue to access the site via the entrance on Mt. Diablo Court until the project is complete. Work will continue into the summer of 2017 with the majority of heavy construction at the new site to be completed by spring. Once the new structure is complete, systems will be tested and it will be placed online to pump water to the community.
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA