Project Update!_____________________________________________________

Taylor Engineering is pleased to announce that the City of Port Richey has recently received all the necessary permits to dredge 20 of the city’s residential channels (see Figure). The channels in question are Channel 1, 3 thru 11, 13, 19, 21, 24, and 26. With the recent purchase of the former River Gulf Drive Trailer Park, which will be used as a dredged material management area for the project, the city now has all the permits and property in place to begin the dredging project.

Taylor Engineering is now ready to move to the final phase of the 20 Channel project — preparation of final construction documents for the dredging project. Taylor Engineering is ready to help the City establish a special assessment district for this project. For this effort Taylor Engineering will use the assistance of Nabors, Giblin, & Nickerson, P.A., a Florida-based law firm that concentrates its practice in representing municipalities, and the Government Services Group, Inc., a Florida-based service firm that works with numerous cities, counties and state agencies in the development of funding strategies and models for a broad range of community infrastructure needs.

Following the establishment of a special assessment district, Taylor Engineering will assist the City in selecting a contractor to perform the work, and provide construction administration and contract certification services during the dredging project.

Taylor Engineering is actively engaged in the Joint Environmental Permitting process with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the remaining 5 channels. The channels are Channel 2, 20, 22, 25, & 29.

Project Overview 

The City of Port Richey has selected Taylor Engineering to provide professional engineering services during the continued permitting, final design, and construction of its dredging projects. The current project focuses on dredging 12 channels within the Miller’s Bayou area, and 11 channels within the Pithlachascotee River area.

 Taylor Engineering will provide the City with a preliminary opinion of probable cost for the channels in the Miller’s Bayou, Pithlachascotee River, and North Bay Boulevard area. The cost opinions will include all expected engineering, modification of the existing Florida Department of Environmental Protection and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers permits, establishment of a special assessment district (provided by Government Services Group), construction, and final permit certification expenses.

Other members of the Taylor Engineering team will provide important project data. Ardaman & Associates will collect geotechnical data from both the Miller’s Bayou and Pithlachascotee River project areas. Ardaman & Associates will also collect geotechnical data from a proposed upland dredged material management area (DMMA). Scheda Ecological Associates will perform a natural resources survey and report for the DMMA, and Group 3 Surveying and Mapping will perform topographic, boundary, and hydrographic surveying at the DMMA.

Taylor Engineering will use the gathered information to prepare final construction documents for the Miller’s Bayou and Pithlachascotee River dredging project. With the assistance of Government Services Group, Taylor Engineering will help the City establish a special assessment district and ballot for this project. Taylor Engineering will assist the City in selecting a contractor to perform the work, and provide construction administration and contract certification services during the dredging project.

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