[MissoulaGov] Fire Hydrants ... F2F neighborhood plan

[JOHN WOLVERTON]

Jed,

It's not hard to have a fire hydrant installation easily costing more than $10k. To start with there are the engineering and admin costs. The mains are usually located under the streets so it requires busting up and disposing of pavement, curb, gutter and maybe curbside sidewalk (although in F2F that type of pesky basic infrastructure is much less present); then digging a huge pit for Tee-ing on a very large line, the cost of the standpipe itself; then putting it all back together again.. curb, gutter, paving, etc..

 

Derek,

Join us at one of our F2F neighborhood council meetings if you want to find out more about the fire hydrant locations and needs. The neighborhood has done an infrastructure plan, finalized in 2006, which surveyed a full spectrum of our deficiencies all the way from street lighting and sidewalks to traffic calming concerns. One of our active members is on top of the fire hydrant issues "like white on rice"; I can connect you with him to learn more than you might have wished for about our fire hydrant situation.

 

Regards,

John Wolverton

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