Public Works Round-Up

Upgrades are underway in the City of Corinth! 🚧💧🛠️

Our Public Works Department, in collaboration with Fuquay Construction, has rehabilitated the ground storage lift station well. This vital work halts infiltration and corrosion, extending the lift station's lifespan by another 50 years! Cracks and joints were sealed with grout and reinforced with Sprayroq’s Spraywall®, a durable polyurethane coating that enhances structural integrity.

We greatly appreciate the dedication and expertise of our Public Works Department in maintaining and enhancing our infrastructure. Thank you for your commitment to keeping Corinth a great place to live!

It has been a productive 2023. The City of Corinth Public Works Department is looking forward to making these updates in 2024!

For more details and any questions, please reach out to Glenn.Barker@CityofCorinth.com.

1. Public Works Maintenance Zones: Focused efforts to maintain and beautify specific areas, ensuring a cleaner and safer environment for everyone. Public Works will focus on ensuring that we touch every asset the City owns within this zone over the year. In 2024 the City will focus on Zone 4 of the Map. We are working on getting a dashboard so that progress can be tracked and shown.

   1. The Zone Map and Dashboard are located here.

   2. The Parks crews replaced trees in medians, added water rings around the trees, add landscape boulders on 2499. In the spring we will start planting on 2499.

2. Community Meetings: Within the current Public Works Maintenance Zone, the City will reach out to each subdivision to discuss concerns or issues that affect that subdivision. This provides you with a platform to voice your concerns and ideas, strengthening the bond within our community. Here are the neighborhoods that we will be reaching out to in 2024.

   1. Kensington

   2. Northwood

   3. Bluffs

   4. Lake Sharon

   5. Meadowview Areas

3. Street Maintenance 10-Year Program: A long-term commitment to improving our roads, enhancing accessibility, and ensuring smooth travel for all residents. View the 2024 Street Maintenance list HERE.

   1. The re-connection of N. Corinth Street is complete.

   2. Old 77 will start in the beginning of January.

4. Park Improvements: Revitalizing our green spaces, making them more enjoyable and conducive for family activities and relaxation. We have completed the Meadowview and Fairview Park upgrades with new play structures, cleaned up trails, added sidewalks, added pickleball courts, and resurfaced basketball courts. In 2024 we will turn our focus to Windsor Ridge Park.

   1. Windsor Ridge Park build will be in March/April 2024.

   2. The Parks and Recreation Board has requested that we are seeking funds from Council for 2025 to build a Pickleball court. Please let us know if you have the perfect location if it gets approved!

5. Sport Complex Improvements: The goal is to have a top-notch venue that attracts tournaments, but more importantly keeps Corinth Athletes here in Corinth. We have expanded the Soccer game area, improved baseball and softball field conditions, and improved overall drainage in the park. In 2024 we will improve the baseball practice area and focus on turf conditioning of the game fields.

   1. The crews cleaned up the tree line, and prepped the fields for the off-season.

   2. There was a major water leak that damaged softball field #3, the crews will focus on those repairs in January 2024.

6. Water and Wastewater System: The Emergency generators are ready for winter. The next major goal is to improve the communication systems for the water and wastewater systems. Day-to-day activities are the zone area preventative maintenance.

7. Broadband: The crews are at 90% completion of installing the conduit. The conduit install is the most impactful to our infrastructure and our residents. This process risks hitting unknown lines and can leaves yards a mess. Please check your irrigation if the boring companies come through your street, they have been great at making repairs as needed, but we need to let them know ASAP. The expectation is to have 100% of the City (minus new developments) up and running by March 1, 2024 at the latest.

8. Engineering: The best place for monthly project updates is HERE. Below are some highlights of questions that Public Works continuously gets asked:

   1. Lighting on Lake Sharon is getting close to being completed. The contractor had equipment issues, this project is taking longer than expected. We are expecting an early January completion.

   2. The N Corinth St roundabout temporary utility poles are currently waiting on Dart Permits to install the wiring properly in this area. We don't have a timetable for Dart. I followed up on 12/18/2024 with no date set.
   3. The Lynchburg Creek Flood project is still underway and is moving slowly due to engineering issues and land acquisition.
   4. Agora Park is currently working on the Stage and site grading. Opening day is set for early March!!!

This month's key highlights:

1. Public Works Maintenance Zones: Focused efforts to maintain and beautify specific areas, ensuring a cleaner and safer environment for everyone. Public Works will focus on ensuring that we touch every asset the City owns within this zone over the year. In 2024 the City will focus on Zone 4 of the Map. We are working on getting a dashboard so that progress can be tracked and shown.

   1. The Zone Map and Dashboard are located here (External Link)

   2. The Water and Wastewater crews will stay in the Amity Village area a little longer (which is zone 3). This is because of the age of the infrastructure in this area.

2. Community Meetings: Within the current Public Works Maintenance Zone the city will reach out to each subdivision to discuss concerns or issues that affect that subdivision. This provides you with a platform to voice your concerns and ideas, strengthening the bond within our community. Here are the Neighborhoods that we will be reaching out to in 2024.

   1. Kensington

   2. Northwood

   3. Bluffs

   4. Lake Sharon

   5. Meadowview Areas

3. Street Maintenance 10-Year Program: A long-term commitment to improving our roads, enhancing accessibility, and ensuring smooth travel for all residents. The 2024 Street Maintenance list is located HERE(External link)

4. Park Improvements: Revitalizing our green spaces, making them more enjoyable and conducive for family activities and relaxation. We have completed the Meadowview and Fairview upgrades with new play structures, cleaned up trails, added sidewalks, added pickleball courts, and, resurfaced basketball courts. in 2024 we will turn our focus to Windsor Ridge Park.

   1. Windsor Ridge Park design was approved by the board in late October.

5. Sport Complex Improvements: The goal is to have a top-notch venue, that attracts tournaments, but more importantly keeps Corinth Athletes here in Corinth. We have expanded the Soccer game area, improved baseball and softball field conditions, and improved overall drainage in the park. In 2024 we will improve the baseball practice area and focus on turf conditioning of the game fields.

   1. This month the crews are focusing on maintaining the fields and preparing for the off seasons to start some of the construction.

6. Water and Wastewater System: After 2 years of waiting on Emergency Generator Supplies the City will be installing all units in December. The past two years the City rented generators for any possible winter emergencies, this year we will have permanent generators installed.

7. Broadband: Currently the provider is working on their internal systems to allow pre-sales sign-ups starting December 1st with the expectation of being able to start doing installations on January 2, 2024. The expectation is to have 100% of the City (minus new developments) up and running by March 1st at the latest.

8. Engineering: The best place for monthly project updates is HERE(External link). Below are some highlights of questions that Public Works continuously gets asked:

   1. Lighting on Lake Sharon is getting close to being completed. The contractor is planning on completing the light installation next week depending on the weather.

   2. Public Works is working on creating temporary roadway access to I35 from the new North Corinth Street route. We met with contractors to get quotes and schedules on 11/8/2023.

   3. The North Corinth St roundabout temporary utility poles are currently waiting on Dart Permits to install the wiring properly in this area. We don't have a timetable for Dart.
   4. The Lynchburg Creek Flood project is still underway and is moving slowly due engineering issues and land acquisition.
   5. Agora Park is currently working on the Stage and site grading.

Over the past two years, your city's Public Works department has been diligently working on a multitude of projects designed to enhance your living experience. We have implemented a range of programs, including:

1. Public Works Maintenance Zones: Focused efforts to maintain and beautify specific areas, ensuring a cleaner and safer environment for everyone. Public Works will focus on ensuring that we touch every asset the City owns within this zone over the year. In 2024 the City will focus on Zone 4 of the Map. We are working on getting a dashboard so that progress can be tracked and shown.

2. Community Meetings: Within the current Public Works Maintenance Zone the city will reach out to each subdivision to discuss concerns or issues that affect that subdivision. This provides you with a platform to voice your concerns and ideas, strengthening the bond within our community.

3. Street Maintenance 10-Year Program: A long-term commitment to improving our roads, enhancing accessibility, and ensuring smooth travel for all residents. The 2024 Street Maintenance list is located HERE

4. Park Improvements: Revitalizing our green spaces, making them more enjoyable and conducive for family activities and relaxation. We have completed the Meadowview and Fairview upgrades with new play structures, cleaned up trails, added sidewalks, added pickleball courts, and, resurfaced basketball courts. in 2024 we will turn our focus to Windsor Ridge Park.

5. Sport Complex Improvements: The goal is to have a top-notch venue, that attracts tournaments, but more importantly keeps Corinth Athletes here in Corinth. We have expanded the Soccer game area, improved baseball and softball field conditions, and improved overall drainage in the park. In 2024 we will improve baseball practice area and focus on turf conditioning of the game fields.

   1. A great example of the success of this project is the recent rain event. The crews were able to open the fields less than 24 hours after.

6. Meter Replacement: Enhancing utility services with modern technology, ensuring accurate readings and efficient resource management. The Goal is to have residents to have access to their meter data by January 2024.

7. Dog Park: Enhancing the play area for our furry friends was a major accomplishment for the Piper (a local girl scout) and the City. We are working on making more improvements to the area based on resident's feedback.

8. Broadband: Conduit is still being installed within the subdivision's. The City has a meeting scheduled with Contractors to discuss the timeline and goals.

9. Engineering: The City completed and started a lot of projects over the last two years. The best place for monthly project updates is HERE. Below are some highlights of questions that Public Works continuously gets asked:

   1. Lighting on Lake Sharon is getting close to being completed. The contractor is running wiring and the light poles just need to be shipped to the site.

   2. Public Works is working on creating a temporary roadway access to I35 from the new North Corinth Street route.

      
      

   3. The City has gotten approval to move forward with the Denton County/Shady Shores/Corinth Shady Shores roadway expansion. This will address the drainage in the area.