In November, city officials told Patch they had replaced pipes on between 10 and 15 city blocks, with some pipes dating back to the early 1900s. While the average city block measures about 750 feet, there are roughly 55 miles of water infrastructure within the city limits, officials said.
According to Tuesday night’s agenda, the city council received four bids for the work on the water mains, out of which the city chose a bid from Farmingdale-based Thomas Novelli. City documents say Novelli’s services will come at a cost of $5,727,100, a figure that’s described as providing “the best overall value to the city” of all the bids that came in.