FPUD awards contract for Winter Haven Road pipeline replacement

The Fallbrook Public Utility District pipeline along Winter Haven Road will be replaced.

FPUD’s 4-0 board vote Dec. 9, with Don McDougal absent, approved the contract with Kirtley Construction for the San Bernardino company’s bid of $750,400.

“It’s just replacement of an old pipeline with a new one,” Jack Bebee, FPUD general manager, said.

FPUD has a pipeline and valve replacement program which includes a priority list based on pipelines’ ages and rates of past failures.

“Every year we have pipelines we target for replacement,” Bebee said. “What we’re working on doing is getting away from unpl...