Planning For Today’s Needs, Meeting Tomorrow’s Demands

City of Irving Water Utilities Department Prepares for Construction of New Carbon Road Pump Station.

Construction on the new Carbon Road Pump Station is expected to begin by early spring. The $38 million facility will be built behind the 4 million- and 5-million-gallon ground storage tanks off Carbon Road and State Highway 161.

The current station, which was built in the 1970s, is the oldest running Water Utilities facility. The pump station serves the west side of Irving and is nearing the end of its useful life. The new facility will increase its capacity from 25 million- to 33 million-gallons of water per day and will operate with more efficiency and redundancy in mind, so that if one pump goes down, another pump is ready to serve as a backup.

As the city continues to grow and evolve, so too does its infrastructure. The city has replaced many of its

North Texas Teen Book Festival Preview

The North Texas Teen Book Festival (NTTBF) returns for its ninth year on March 4 at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas. Meet bestselling and debut authors, get books signed, join in discussion panels, play literature-themed games and more.

Visit the North Texas Teen Book Festival website at NTTBF.com and follow @NTTBFest on Twitter and Facebook for author reveals and additional details. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and by the Friends of the Irving Public Library. This year’s presenting sponsors are Epic Reads (HarperCollins) for Young Adults and Disney Publishing for Middle Grades. n

Public Input Sought On Plan To Help Address Homelessness

The City of Irving recently received approximately $3 million in federal HOME-ARP funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to address the needs of people who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of becoming homeless.

To provide input, go online and view the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan at CityofIrving.org/581/ Publications-and-Reports. The deadline to submit input is Feb. 17. n

SCAN ME original facilities and added new ones as Irving has grown throughout the decades, including the recent construction of a ground storage tank at the Northgate Pump Station, as well as the Urban Center Lift Station near Lake Carolyn.

The Carbon Road Pump Station project is part of the Water Utilities Department’s master plan. Those projects are planned many years in advance to ensure the city’s systems are meeting the needs of today, while also meeting the demands of tomorrow.

Construction on the project is estimated to take 2.5 years to complete — with a tentative opening in 2026. Visit CityofIrving.org/ IrvingInvests for more information on the ongoing infrastructure initiatives. n

Construction Begins on Cottonwood and Hackberry Interceptor Project

On Jan. 9, the City of Irving began construction on the replacement of a 48-inch diameter wastewater line and a 36-inch diameter wastewater line that run along the east side of Riverside Drive between Northwest Highway and Las Colinas Boulevard.

The project is part of the $27.6 million Cottonwood and Hackberry Creek Wastewater Interceptor Project. The wastewater mains have exceeded their life expectancies, and the surrounding area now requires increased capacity due to residential and commercial growth.

During the initial stage of the project, a new 60-inch diameter wastewater line will be constructed primarily underneath the existing median of Riverside Drive. Once the new line is in service, the existing wastewater lines will be filled with cementitious material and abandoned.

The project will use a process called “microtunneling,” a trenchless construction method, which will minimize impacts to residents and to vehicular and pedestrian traffic along Riverside Drive.

Multifamily Residents and Minimum Maintenance Standards

Irving Code Enforcement, through its licensing and inspection program, is dedicated to improving the quality and standard of living for all people living in apartments, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and manufactured homes. A set of minimum standards are established in the Irving Code of Ordinances to protect the health, safety and welfare of the community. Residents and property managers share the responsibility of maintaining a safe and healthy living environment.

Property owners and managers must maintain all exterior grounds and premises in a clean, safe and sanitary condition, as well as ensure exterior and interior structures and equipment are in good condition, structurally sound and in a sanitary state. They are further required to provide a living unit with working essential utilities and always make emergency maintenance staff available to tenants.

Residents are required to ensure proper housekeeping of their units to prevent insect and rodent infestation. Tenants must promptly inform management of maintenance issues and allow reasonable time for correction. Residents whose maintenance reports have not received correction by their property managers should contact Code Enforcement to ensure that units are maintained to code standards.

The ordinance governing multifamily property standards is located at CityofIrving.org/Ordinances (click Civil and Criminal) and starts at Chapter 8, Article 5, Section 8-23. For more information, contact Code Enforcement at (972) 721-4949 or email codecomplaints@cityofirving.org.