Lake Street Alley 2

The City of Lake Mills is proposing to reconstruct the municipal alleyway which is located just west of Ford Court. This alley serves local businesses and a public parking lot. The alley has pavement failures in several areas which has made this area a maintenance concern for the City. The sanitary sewer and water main are also inadequately sized and in poor condition for the current development. Storm sewer upgrades are also planned for the area to improve overall drainage.

The project will include the removal and replacement of pavement, watermain, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer within the alley. Storm sewer improvements will be added, including new inlets in the alley and Water Street. One new outfall is proposed at Rock Creek just southwest of City Hall. The project will also abandon in-place two existing outfalls located east of the proposed outfall along Rock Creek.

The type of equipment to be used on this project will be determined by the contractor, but will most likely include the following: backhoe, dozer, compactor, skid loader, grader, work trucks, front end loader, dump trucks, and trench boxes.

The methods of construction used on this project will be determined by the contractor, but will most likely consist of open trench excavation for the utility work. Spoils from the trench excavation may be stored on site if they are suitable to go back into the trench as backfill, but the stockpiles will need their own erosion control measures. These measures include, but are not limited to: silt fence, temporary seeding, and stone check dams.

Unsuitable spoils generated from construction will be hauled away from the project site to a location determined by the contractor.

Topsoil will be salvaged for reuse on site. Seed restoration is scheduled for use on this project. There will be temporary and permanent erosion control measures installed with this project.


The erosion control requirements include, but are not limited to: inlet protection, silt fence, erosion mat, rip rap, and stone tracking pads. Additional measures may be requested as directed by the engineer, owner, or governing agency. The amount of rip rap planned for use on this project is approximately 30 square feet. This rip rap will be installed around the new outfall for bank slope stabilization and protection. Silt curtain will be installed at the end of the outfall excavation, as well as silt fence on the banks and upland areas. No other fill material is proposed to be installed within the banks of Rock Creek during this project.

The City plans on publicly bidding the project in July 2010. Construction is expected to begin sometime in August with a completion date in early November.