An update on the dual–City, County–sewer system will be held 6 to 8 pm 22 October at Burton Chase Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey, 90292. The project is scheduled to start fall of 2015.

The project will supplement the existing 48-inch diameter force main sewer built in 1960.
The new force main is needed to avert a potential sewage spill that could occur resulting from an overflow or failure of the existing 54-year-old force main. The performance of the existing force main is of concern because:

During severe wet weather, peak flows to the Venice Pumping Plant (VPP) have exceeded the capacity of the only existing force main conveying wastewater from the Plant to the Hyperion Treatment Plant.

Without additional capacity, there is a risk of an overflow of sewage into city streets and surface waters.

The existing force main has been in continued service for the past 54 years without any maintenance. To avoid a potential failure, redundancy is needed to allow for assessment of its condition and maintenance.

The new force main will cross the Grand Canal from the VPP at 140 Hurricane Street easterly to Marquesas Way, then southerly along Via Marina crossing the Marina Del Rey and Ballona Creek Channels to an existing coastal interceptor sewer junction structure on Vista Del Mar near Waterview Street via Pacific Avenue.

Project Status and Schedule:

The City Council certified the Final EIR on January 12, 2010, thereby approving the recommended alignment route.

The project design is near completion and the permitting phase is underway.

The construction phase, which is expected to be completed within three years, is anticipated to begin in November 2015.