Big Plans for Mount Pleasant are Underway.

On Monday, November 11, sewer line replacement will begin on A Street and Reid Street. Work will continue for approximately 3-4 weeks. There will be a lane shift on Highway 73 (E. Franklin St.) for 2 days to make the tie in to the sewer main.

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The bid deadline for the Mount Pleasant Water Line Project and Lower Adams Creek Sewer Outfall Project was September 25, 2024.  The Sewer Outfall Project received five bids.  The Town and project engineer are currently performing due diligence to verify the lowest responsible bid.  The water line project only received two bids.  State law requires a minimum of three bids to open.  Therefore, the Water Line Project has been readvertised and bids will now be opened on October 16, 2024 at 2pm.

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As part of the sewer line work, traffic on East Franklin Street (NC Highway 73) will be reduced to one lane down to one lane in the vicintiy of C Street.  Work will begin Sunday, September 29, 2024 and will continue 24 hours a day for approximately one week.  The round the clock schedule has been approved by NCDOT in order to expedite the work and reduce the amount of time for the lane closure.

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The long-awaited Mount Pleasant water line and Lower Adams Creek Sewer Outfall projects went out to bid this week.  Bid submittals are due September 25, 2024.  The Town Board of Commissioners is scheduled to accept the low bid at its October meeting and hopes to start the water line project by the end of the year. 

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Utility contractor BRS Inc. is working on manhole and sewer line replacement.  During the week of August 12, two sewer manholes were replaced on Summer Street.  Beginning the week of August 19, BRS will mobilize on C Street and Wade Street to replace old clay sewer lines and a stormwater culvert on C street.

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Utility contractor BRS, Inc. has made quick work of the Empire Drive Pump Station and force main sewer line along NC Highway 49.  The pump station and sewer line are on schedule to be operational in early September

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The Town of Mount Pleasant dedicated the newly renovated and expanded fire station at the 2023 annual Fall Festival.

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We are excited to dedicate the McAllister Park Improvements that the Town has been working on for the past two years. McAllister Park has served the Mount Pleasant and Eastern Cabarrus community for more than 80 years

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Fire Department Renovation/Addition:
Apparatus bay is complete, except for painting the walls and installing the Plymo Vent system, exterior walls are still being constructed, interior of the existing living quarters has been gutted with new electrical and plumbing rough-ins complete.  Estimated time for completion of project mid-summer 2023.

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Concession stand is built, and the interior work is being completed, shingles will be added in the next two weeks, electrical conduit to be run from the concession stand to the electrical building, connecting sidewalk from the concession stand to the playground will be installed in the next few weeks, contractor and Town Staff are coordinating with Duke Energy on installation of the pedestrian lighting along the connecting sidewalk.  Estimated time of completion:  late Spring 2023

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