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City Projects

The City's goal for every project is to improve the quality of life and provide superior infrastructure throughout Mt. Vernon. These projects include improving our parks by updating park equipment and adding additional amenities, maintaining and replacing water and sewer lines and removing unsafe structures from the community. Through careful planning and budgeting, the city ensures that each project is as efficient and economical as possible.

Please click on a link below to lean more about the projects happening throughout the city.

Go to our Street Projects and Closures page to learn about projects focused on roadways.

Active Projects

Project Details: Replacing sanitary sewer lines

Start Date: April 2024

Estimated Completion Date: Fall 2024

Location: 1st Street and Gee Street

Estimated Project Cost: $220,515.26

Contractor: GroundWorks Contracting

Project Details: Lining of new sewer mains around the waste water treatment plant, install a new 18" forcemain, reroute some 8" sewer lines, and relocating some sewer mains.

Start Date: April 2022

Estimated Completion Date: Fall 2024

Location: East Perkins around the waste water treatment plant

Estimated Project Cost: $3,773,069

Contractor: Haier Plumbing, Heneghan and Associates

Project Details: Replacing sanitary sewer line

Start Date: 1/31/2024

Estimated Completion Date: Summer 2024

Location: 27th Street and Logan Avenue

Project Cost: $19,695

Contractor: In House

Project Details: The City purchased property downtown to repurpose as a downtown greenspace or park.

Anticipated Start Date: Spring 2023

Estimated Completion Date: Fall 2024

Location: 911 Broadway

Estimated Project Cost: $2,300,000.00

Contractor: Bevis Construction (Excavation), MSKS (Architecture)

Site Rendering

Project Details: The project consists of removing the old alley and replacing it with 6" reinforced concrete.

Estimated Start Date: Fall 2024

Estimated Completion Date: December 2024

Location: Broadway Commons, 911 Broadway

Estimated Project Cost: $53,844.00

Contractor: Luke Rollie Concrete

110/21/2024 - City Council awarded bid
10/8/2024 - Bid opening
9/3/2024 - City Council approved going out to bid.

Project Details: A 3 phase project to repair sewer lines. The first phase is videoing and investigating sewer lines. The second phase is making indicated repairs on the lines. The third phase is relining of the sewer lines. 

Estimated Start Date: Spring 2024

Estimated Completion Date: Summer 2025

Location: An area south of Broadway, East of 27th Street and North of Veteran's Memorial Drive

Project Cost: $2,411,896.00

Contractor: 

Project Details: Old water tower at L&N Reservoir will be removed and a new water tower installed.

Anticipated Start Date: March 2024

Estimated Completion Date: Spring 2025

Location: Waterworks Road

Estimated Project Cost: $2,000,000.00

Contractor: Caldwell Tanks, Inc. 

Project Details: Installation of new water main

Estimated Start Date: Spring 2024

Estimated Completion Date: Summer 2024

Location: Fountain Place Industrial Park

Project Cost: $26,150

Contractor: In House

Project Details: Replacing sewer main, sewer lining, rehabilitation of manholes, and adding manholes to sewer lines.

Start Date: April 2022

Estimated Completion Date: March 2024

Location: South of Broadway

Estimated Project Cost: $1,064,990

Contractor: Haier Plumbing and Heating, Heneghan and Associates

 

Project Details: Construction and installation of a pedestrian bridge at Veteran's Park to connect the 2nd island to the shore.

Estimated Start Date: Spring 2024

Estimated Completion Date: Spring 2025

Location: Veterans Park

Project Cost: $260,000

Contractor: Bevis Construction

Project Details: Redesign and resurface the walking path at Veterans Lake.

Estimated Start Date: Summer 2023

Estimated Completion Date: 2024, Will be completed after Veterans Lake Project

Location: Veterans Park

Estimated Project Cost: $240,000.00

Contractor: In House

Project Details: Overlay selected parking lots at Dawson Park and Veterans Park with asphalt.

Estimated Start Date: Summer 2024

Estimated Completion Date: Fall 2024

Location: Dawson Park and Veteran's Park

Project Cost: $84,582.31

Contractor: Jax Asphalt

6/3/2024 - Jax Asphalt awarded bid
5/6/2024 - City Council approved bidding

 

Map of Parking Lot Locations

 

Project Details: Investigating and relining of sanitary sewer

Start Date: 8/8/2023

Estimated Completion Date: Summer 2024

Location: Western Gardens neighborhood

Project Cost: $951,969

Contractor: SAK

 

Project Details: Resealing the walking path at Lincoln Park, the parking lot at the Aquatic Zoo, and the walking path from Casey Jr. High to L&N Reservoir.

Estimated Start Date: Summer 2024

Completion Date: September 30, 2024

Location: Various locations

Estimated Project Cost: 

Contractor: 

Completed Projects

Project Details: Replace storm pipe under the railroad track

Start Date: 10/12/2023

Completion Date: 2/2/2024

Location: Casey Avenue by King City Games

Project Cost: $250,042

Contractor: Groundworks

Project Details: Replacing sanitary sewer line

Start Date: December 2023

Completion Date: January 2024

Location: 11th Street and North Street

Project Cost: $123,185.28

Contractor: J.K. Trotter

map of streets

 

Project Details: 23 houses and the Jefferson Memorial Hospital are scheduled to be demolished.

Estimated Start Date: Fall 2023

Estimated Completion Date: Spring 2024

Location: Citywide

Project Cost: $500,000.00

Contractor: Hails Excavating, Hails Excavating and Earthworks

Project Details: A shelter will be installed at the Aquatic Zoo and the sidewalk will be extended.

Estimated Start Date: Spring 2024

Estimated Completion Date: Summer 2024

Location: Aquatic Zoo

Estimated Project Cost: $47,000.00

Contractor: TBD

Project Details: The ballfields will be regraded, new soil will be added and grass will be seeded in the outfield.

Start Date: Fall 2023

Completion Date: March  31, 2024

Location: Cusumano Complex

Project Cost: $77,655

Contractor: Bevis Construction

Project Details: Removing the old playground equipment and installing new equipment in new area

Estimated Start Date: Summer 2024

Estimated Completion Date: Fall 2024

Location: Dawson Park

Estimated Project Cost: $106,071

Contractor: 

Children playing on playground
Children playing on playground
New playground rendering

Project Details: Water tank repairs

Start Date: 12/4/2023

Completion Date: 1/2/2024

Location: Eagle Court 

Estimated Project Cost: $14,538

Contractor: 

Project Details: The city will purchase property downtown and dismantle the old Register News building on the site. Once the building is down, it will be reassembled at Veterans Park.

Anticipated Start Date: Summer  2023

Estimated Completion Date: Spring 2024

Location: 911 Broadway and Veterans Park

Estimated Project Cost: $2,500,000.00

Contractor: Bevis

Building being constructed

Project Details: Investigate and reline sanitary sewer

Start Date: 7/18/2023

Completion Date: 4/19/2024

Location: Summersville neighborhood

Project Cost: $890,127

Contractor: VisuSewer

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Project Details: Replacing water main

Estimated Start Date: Spring 2024

Completion Date: April 2024

Location: Times Square Mall

Project Cost: $17,886

Contractor: In House

Project Details: Veteran's Park Lake will be dredged and made deeper, the two smaller islands will be combined to make one island, a new bridge will be built to access the island, a new dam and drawdown system will be installed, rip rap will be placed around lake and islands and 2 lighted fountains will be added.

Start Date: November 2023

Completion Date: February 2024

Location: Veterans Park

Estimated Project Cost: $731,000.00

Contractor: Groundworks

Lake with backhoe by it

Bond Funded Projects

General Obligation Bonds are long term municipal loans that the city uses to fund a variety of projects. Millions of dollars from bonds have been used to fund projects throughout the city. 

2010 Bond Funded Projects

2012 Bond Funded Projects