The Town of Mount Pleasant is working on some important infrastructure projects.  Most of these projects implement portions of the Town's Water and Sewer Master Plan that was adopted in 2007 for which the Town has recently secured funding.

Empire Drive Sewer Pump Station and Sewer Line - COMPLETE

Project Description:  This project will retire the old Mountainbrook and Food Lion Pump Stations and serve the new Brighton Park subdivision.  Click here to see a composite map of all proposed sewer improvements.

Schedule:  Work is scheduled to begin in the late spring of 2024 and be completed before spring 2025.   

Funding Source:  Portion of $6,048,000 USDA Low Interest Loan

Sewer Line and Manhole Rehabilitation (A, B, C, Wade, and Reid Streets) - COMPLETE

Project Description:  This project will replace old clay sewer lines and manholes with new sewer lines and manholes along C Street, B Street, A Street, Wade Street, and Reid Street.  Click here to see a composite map of all proposed sewer improvements. 

Schedule:  Work is expected to begin at the end of August 2024 and be completed by December 2024.  Street paving is also part of this project.   

Funding Source:  Remainder of $6,048,000 USDA Low Interest Loan

Water Distribution Improvements (12-inch Water Mains) - IN PROGRESS

Project Description:  This project will replace old 6-inch water lines (most installed in 1937) with new 12-inch water mains along Main Street (North Drive to Lee Street), Franklin Street (Skyland Drive to Blueberry Street), Cook Street (Main Street to N. Washington Street), and Highway 49 (Main Street to Highway 73 interchange).  This is a total of approximately 4 miles of waterline.  This project will improve both water quality and fire flow throughout the Town. Click here to view the proposed improvements map.

Schedule:  This project is scheduled to begin February 10, 2025 with completion by the end of the year.

Funding Source:  $9,988,029 State Budget allocation from federal ARPA funds

Lower Adams Creek Sewer Outfall - IN PROGRESS

Project Description:  This project was originally planned to be completed by the Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County (WSACC) in 2009.  The project never came to fruition, so the Town is picking up the project where it left off.  This project will retire the Summer Street and Pasture pump stations.  Click here to view the proposed Lower Adams Creek Sewer Outfall map.  Click here to see a composite map of all proposed sewer improvements.

Schedule:  This project is scheduled to begin March 3, 2025 with completion by March 2026.

Funding Source:  $5,822,971 State Budget allocation from federal ARPA funds

Water Intake & Treatment Improvements - IN PROGRESS

Project Description:  The Town has been working with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) and three different consulting engineers to determine the necessary water intake and treatment upgrades and changes to improve drinking water quality and bring disinfection byproduct levels into compliance.  All internal components and filter media the Water Treatment Plant are being replaced, a new Powder Activated Carbon (PAC) system is being engineered for installation, and the ground storage tank will be cleaned and coated.  The Town is also working towards supplementing raw water from Dutch Buffalo Creek with a well. 

Schedule:  Recommendations from engineering firms were provided in February 2025.  The implementation and installation of improvements will begin March 2025 and will take place in phases as funding is available.  The water treatment plant will be shut down to complete water treatment plant, PAC, and ground storage improvements August through October of 2025.  Water will be purchased from the City of Concord during this time.

Funding Source:  $1,000,000 State Budget allocation (redirected by technical correction in state budget from S. Skyland Drive/Allman Road extension water lines).  Additional funding is being pursued to complete needed improvements.

N. Washington Street Sidewalk - IN ENGINEERING

Project Description:  The Town adopted an NCDOT-funded Pedestrian Project Acceleration Plan in 2020 and has been pursuing funding to complete priority sidewalk segments since that time.  The first sidewalk project will complete 900 feet of sidewalk, curb & gutter on the southern end of N. Washington St. between Park Drive and E. Franklin Street.  This also includes a new stormwater culvert and slightly wider travel lanes.  Phase 2 on S. Washington Street is not included in this project.

N. Washington Street cut-sheet excerpt from Project Acceleration Plan

Schedule:  Engineering and permitting is currently underway.  The project is expected to go to bid late in 2025.  Preparations are being made to either move or remove the house at 8563 E. Franklin Street (currently owned by the Town) to facilitate this project.

Funding Source:   In the state's 2023 budget, $2.7 million was directed to the Town of Mount Pleasant to complete priority sidewalk segments.

Franklin Street Sidewalks - IN PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING

Project Description:  The Town adopted an NCDOT-funded Pedestrian Project Acceleration Plan in 2020 and has been pursuing funding to complete priority sidewalk segments since that time.  There were three segments identified on Franklin Street:  Duchess Drive to Halifax Street, Halifax Street to Main Street, and Main Street to Blueberry Street.  The Town is working with NCDOT to design a project for one or more of these segments to stay within available funds.  Click here for excerpts from the Project Acceleration Plan.  Each segment is being evaluated for feasibility with available funds.

Franklin Street (Duchess Drive to Halifax Street) cut-sheet from Project Acceleration Plan

Franklin Street (Halifax Street to Main Street) cut-sheet from Project Acceleration Plan

Franklin Street (Main Street to Blueberry Street) cut-sheet from Project Acceleration Plan

After getting cost estimates from NCDOT, it was determined that only the E. Franklin Street section of sidewalk, curb & gutter between Main Street and Blueberry Street could be completed with available funding.  This segment was chosen because of it will also be able to correct several stormwater issues along the corridor.

Schedule:  NCDOT provided a timeline that shows completion during 2029.

Funding Source:  Remainder of $2.7 million after completion of N. Washington Street as a match with federal CMAQ/CRP grant funding.  A grant deadline extension has been requested in order to complete the project.

Downtown Southwest Quadrant Parking – In Engineering

Project Description:  The Town’s Comprehensive Plan, adopted in 2017 and updated in 2025 includes a strategy to improve downtown parking.  The Contract Engineer prepared a conceptual parking plan for the southwest quadrant of downtown which will provide approximately 160 parking spaces when complete.  Implementation of this project will ensure that all existing and new parking in the southwest quadrant of downtown is paved.

Downtown Southwest Quadrant Parking Conceptual Plan

Schedule:  Project engineering is scheduled to begin in November 2025 with estimated completion of Phase 1 parking by the end of 2026.  Completion of other phases depends on cost estimates.

Funding Source:  Town General Fund (cost estimate being prepared)

Downtown Stormwater Mitigation & Utility Duct Bank - IN ENGINEERING / GRANT APPLICATION

Project Description:  Since Hurricane Florence in 2018, the Town has been working with NCDOT, Duke Energy, Windstream, Spectrum and contract engineers to implement necessary improvements to the Downtown stormwater system and place overhead utilities into underground duct bank.  In 2020, the Town received a federal grant to study the stormwater issues in downtown and to update the Mount Pleasant National Register Historic District documentation in an effort to protect historic buildings.  Following the completion of the study, it was determined that stormwater inlets and conveyances in downtown were undersized.  The utility duct bank installation was an identified strategy in both the 2017 Comprehensive Plan and the update of the plan adopted in 2025 in order to achieve the goal to "cultivate a vibrant and attractive downtown atmosphere that residents and visitors enjoy while enhancing community character through the preservation of historic resources."  The project involves the installation of properly sized inlets and conveyances along N. Main Street, W. Franklin Street, beside and behind the Old Barringer Motors building, and under Barringer Drive as well as the installation of underground utility duct bank within one block each direction of the Square (intersection of Highway 73 and Main Street).

Downtown Stormwater Study Existing Conditions 

Utility Duct Bank Schematic

Comprehensive Plan Illustration

Schedule:  The project had originally been scheduled to run concurrently with the waterline project.  However, the FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure in Communities (BRIC) grant program, which the project had been selected for, was cancelled in April of 2025 by the current administration. Click here to view article about cancellation.  The Town is now attempting to apply for a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Fund Grant through the NC Department of Public Safety while the state of North Carolina is pursuing the reinstatement of the BRIC grant through the courts.  This pushes the timeline back approximately four years, with an estimated completion date of 2029, if the Town is able to secure funding.  The Town will attempt to work with NCDOT to complete the portion of the project that is located within the state right-of-way concurrently with the East Franklin Street sidewalk project.  The Town will attempt to complete the portions not within the state right-of-way concurrenlty with the downtown southwest quadrant parking lot project in 2026.

Funding Source:  $5.9 million.  2022 FEMA BRIC grant cancelled.  Town pursuing Hazard Mitigation Fund Program (HMFP) grant.