By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

With little discussion, Hays City Commissioners Thursday night unanimously approved a low bid of $399,453.20 with J Corp for construction of street, water, and sanitary sewer improvements within the 46th Street Second Addition, Phase 2, for the lots along Coolidge Ct. and Adams Dr.

The city’s share is $32,883.00 to be funded out of Water/Sewer Capital.

The area finishes out the development north of 41st and west of Hall Street by Western Plains Service Corp.

Assistant Public Works Director John Braun explained the city is paying the difference in cost between the oversized 12-inch sewer main line that has already been installed along Smoky Hill Drive and the smaller 8-inch line required by the city’s residential development policy.

The extra cost to put in the larger line, $32,000, is absorbed by the city-at-large so that it’s “not an overburden for the property owners living along that line who would have to be paying a special assessment,” Braun said.

“It (the 12-inch sewer line) doesn’t cross I-70 but it puts it in position for future development to the north.  It would be ready to go for any potential growth,” he added.