Public Meeting Planned for Shadow Drive Project

Published on May 09, 2025

By Arlington Water Utilities

Arlington Water Utilities will host a public meeting about the City of Arlington’s Shadow Drive Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, on the first floor of the George W. Hawkes Downtown Library, 100 S. Center St. Information will be available at the meeting about the project and its potential environmental impacts.

The sanitary sewer main replacement project is planned for the area near West Shadow Drive and Northeast Green Oaks Boulevard. To protect the City’s waterways, about 2,800 linear feet of the existing 21-inch sanitary sewer main along east bluff of the West Fork Trinity River will be abandoned. The project is necessary because significant erosion around the existing sanitary sewer main caused it to be in danger of collapsing.

Sanitary sewer flow will be redirected away from the river by constructing a new sanitary sewer lift station with two to three pumps and approximately 6,000 linear feet of 12-inch sanitary sewer force main and 450 linear feet of 21-inch gravity sanitary sewer main. This alignment will be installed mainly in city right-of-way with minimal impact to trees.

Arlington Water Utilities plans to fund the $10 million project with a low-interest loan from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), which manages the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. Arlington plans to save $5 million by financing the Shadow Drive project and one other upcoming sewer project through low-interest loans from the state.

Since the Shadow Drive project involves the construction of a critical facility in the 100-year floodplain, alternatives to construction in a floodplain, potential impacts on floodplains, and proposed mitigation will be addressed during the public meeting on May 15. City engineers and consultants working on the project will be available to answer questions and provide more information.