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Agenda: Edina - Greater Southdale Area Sewer System Expansion - Early July 2025

Edina City CouncilMonday, July 7, 2025
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[Music] Work has begun to expand sewer capacity in the greater Southtale area. The area's existing sewer is about 70 years old and has limited capacity to accommodate increased wastewater flow. The current project will upgrade the aging infrastructure and system to handle increased wastewater generated from new and future highdensity developments. Currently, sewer flows from York Avenue travel west at West 69th Street and rely on the trunk on France Avenue. The project will create a more direct route by sending flows straight south to be routed to the West 75th Street meter station. That will relieve pressure on the France sewer line, better serve the developments along York and support long-term growth in the Southdale area. We've got two different trends going on in Southeast. Uh one is aging infrastructure, the other is growth. So, as our infrastructure gets to be about 70 plus years old in the area, we know we have to renew it. But the area is also growing, so we know we have increased capacity. Construction began in early June and is expected to be completed in two phases by November.