CSO Final Plan Project – CSO Outfall 024 Partial Separation

The City of Richmond, Virginia (the “City”), on behalf of the Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”), seeks bids from qualified firms for general construction contracting services related to the City’s CSO Outfall 024 project (the “Project”). The Project will entail intercepting surface stormwater drainage from a 41 acre area and discharging it through a new stormwater collection pipeline to a new stormwater outfall to Gillies Creek (the “Work”).

Virginia Senate Bill 1064 (the "2020 CSO Law") mandates specific timeframes for the City to develop and implement its Interim and Final Plans, designed to address Combined Sewer Overflows ("CSOs"). In accordance with the requirements of the 2020 CSO Law, the City submitted a Final Plan Report with selected Final Plan projects to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) in June 2024. The Plan listed a total of four (4) projects that need to be designed and constructed prior to the July 1, 2035 deadline. This Project seeks to reduce the frequency and volume of CSO discharges to Gillies Creek and the James River, as part of the City’s long-term effort to improve water quality.