A sunken patch of pavement on Sheoah Boulevard, with water coming out of the ground, turned out to be a broken city storm pipe, and Winter Springs commissioners will be asked Monday, Nov. 16, to pay $143,375 to repair it.
City staff learned of the depression at Sheoah Boulevard and Moree Loop on Oct. 16, according to the agenda item. Crews first checked whether a utility line was to blame. It was not: the water was coming from the city's 42-inch stormwater pipe, which runs directly beneath a water main.
Rather than dig up the street and risk the water main, staff proposes relining about 277 feet of the pipe between two manholes with cured-in-place pipe, a liner installed from inside the existing pipe. The city says the work will restore the pipe's strength, let it carry stormwater properly again and help prevent the road from settling further.
SAK Construction would do the cleaning, video inspection and lining under a contract the City of Gainesville's utility awarded in 2024, which Winter Springs can use under a piggyback arrangement. The cost comes out of the city's pipe relining account.
The item is on the consent agenda, which commissioners typically approve in one vote unless a member asks to discuss an item.
