Jamestown making progress on its estimated $2.8 million electric building at City Lake.
Jamestown Water and Wastewater Superintendent Jacob Burke said the new building is being paid for by an ARP grant. Burke said the electric building is essentially a control center for the raw water intake station. Burke said the city has made significant progress on the building over the last few months.
“We have all the conduct run between the new building and the intake,” Burke said. “Inside the new building, they have the main control panels, the auto-switch over panel for the generator, the VFDs mounted, and the HVAC system is in.”
Burke said there is still a good bit left to do, including connecting intake pumps to the new building. Burke said the new building is expected to be completed in July or August.
“It may take a few weeks to actually switch the pumps over,” Burke said. “Because we want to make sure it’s done right. We want ot make sure the pumps will run correctly after they are switched over. So, we will really take our time to make sure that it’s right.”
Burke said the switching of the pumps would not impact service to customers.
Many residents have wondered if parking in the area to access the city lake is allowed anymore around the building. Burke said the area is only blocked off for now while construction is ongoing.
“For safety, we have to keep it closed,” Burke said. “We just ask everybody to still be patient with us and let us get this done. You know, once we get it done, you know, it will be back open for public access.”
Construction began in August.