Twelve spaces in the Cruz Bay parking lot across from the post office will be closed off during work on the V.I. Waste Management Authority’s sewage pump station, V.I. Waste Management said in a Thursday press release. The project is expected to begin Monday.
This is a change from VIWMA’s announcement last week that only two parking spaces in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building would close.
Waste Management engineer Jim Grum said that the spaces to be closed are to the right and in front of the Customs building and along the water where the Liston “Huntie” Sprauve ambulance boat is parked. He said people would still be able to double park along the middle two rows of parked cars as they usually do to run into the post office.
According to the VIWMA press release, the dumpster located in front of the pump station will be relocated. The press release did not indicate where it would be moved.
V.I. Waste Management advised those who normally use that dumpster to use those at Enighed Pond, Julius E. Sprauve Elementary School, the Pine Peace basketball court or in Pine Peace.
The authority will expand and upgrade the existing facility to meet the increasing demands of the town area. The current facility has been in operation for more than 30 years and has exceeded its useful life. The new facility will prevent failures and spillages from occurring and facilitate more efficient cost savings operations.
This project includes the construction of a new pump station – entailing the installation of a sewer force main, gravity sewer lines and manholes and the elimination of the existing ejector station. The ejector station will be replaced by an automated submerged system with a wet well and standby generator.
The removal and abandonment of the existing infrastructure of existing sewers, excavation, grading, paving, maintenance and protection of existing utilities will also be included in the project.
