City to share road project costs with Outagamie County

NEW LONDON – The costs for a future street reconstruction project involving Mill Street and Beacon Avenue in the city of New London will be shared by the city and Outagamie County.
The New London Common Council approved an agreement with the Outagamie County Highway Department for the cost sharing of the street reconstruction project when the council met April 21.
The board also approved McMahon for design services for the street reconstruction project.

Commission meeting
At the April 13, New London Board of Public Works/Sewer Utility Commission meeting, Robert Garske, director of Public Works for the city of New London, told the commission that the cost of each of the construction elements involved in the Mill Street and Beacon Avenue reconstruction project are scheduled to be shared 50/50 between the city and Outagamie County.

“The only thing that is 100% on New London has everything to do with utilities,” Garske said.
But the costs for curb and gutter, sidewalk, road surface, and road base would be split 50/50 between the city and the county, Garske said.
Ald. Mike Barrington asked how much of the utilities would need to be replaced during the project.
Garske said Beacon Avenue is currently up-to-date with the water main and out to the curb stops.
“They are going to run new water mains starting at Mill and Beacon and run it the entire length of Mill (Street) out to where we end, somewhere out towards High Street,” Garske said.
The current estimate cost for the street reconstruction project is $2,325,001. Outagamie would be responsible for $1,429,501 of the total, while the city of New London would be responsible for $895,500.

Construction schedule
While the construction schedule hasn’t been finalized for the Mill Street and Beacon Avenue reconstruction project, Garske said it is anticipated that the utilities portion of the project would be completed in 2027. This would include the sanitary main and laterals, as well as water main and laterals.
“We are still debating on the storm at this time,” Garske said. “It would be nice to have a utility contractor if they’re in doing these other elements, to do that right away,” Garske said. “The problem is we don’t know how much disruption there’d be in the intersections, which means you would have to put in a lot of temporary patching or consider doing the other element in 2027 and going with a binder coat on the whole thing.”