{"id":215930,"date":"2026-03-22T23:39:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215930\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T23:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:39:42","slug":"38th-and-40th-street-water-and-wastewater-pipeline-renewal-project-austin-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215930\/","title":{"rendered":"38th and 40th Street Water and Wastewater Pipeline Renewal Project | Austin Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Project Overview<\/p>\n<p>The 38th and 40th Streets Water and Wastewater Pipeline Renewal Project will replace approximately 2,650 linear feet of water mains and 2,610 linear feet of wastewater piping in the area bounded by 38th, 39th, and 40th Streets along with Red River Street and I-35. This work is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/water\/pipeline-renewal\" title=\"Renewing Austin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Renewing Austin,<\/a> an Austin Water program dedicated to replacing aging and deteriorating pipes throughout the city. Frequent water line breaks are well documented in this area, and we are pleased to bring stronger infrastructure to the neighborhood as we prepare for the needs of the future.<\/p>\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thurgood Avenue 006.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Water pipeline technicians excavate a worksite.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For this project contractors will use an excavation process called \u201copen cut trenching,\u201d digging into the ground to excavate old lines and install the new pipes. All streets impacted by construction will be repaved at the end of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Timeline<\/p>\n<p>We anticipate that construction will begin in late spring of 2024 and take 14 months to complete. Closer to the start of construction we will host a public meeting, where you can meet the Project Team and get your questions answered.<\/p>\n<p>Communications<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"content-button coh-style-primary-cta-dark-large\" href=\"https:\/\/austintexas.us3.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=f2f18bd2d60b922e71eb4b372&amp;id=96a0f09890\" title=\"Sign up for project updates!\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for project updates!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us3.campaign-archive.com\/home\/?u=f2f18bd2d60b922e71eb4b372&amp;id=96a0f09890\" title=\"Project updates archive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Project updates archive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Project Documents<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"content-button coh-style-primary-cta-dark-large\" href=\"https:\/\/austin.widen.net\/view\/pdf\/vdk3l9y79e\/RCAmap_2231.341_38th-40th.pdf?t.download=true\" title=\"View Project Map (PDF)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View Project Map (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"content-button coh-style-primary-cta-dark-large\" href=\"https:\/\/austin.widen.net\/view\/pdf\/stbrawh7tj\/Project-FAQ--Fact-Sheet---38th-and-40th.pdf?t.download=true\" title=\"View Project Fact Sheer (PDF)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View Project Fact Sheet (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact<\/p>\n<p>James Mendez, Project Manager<br \/>Capital Delivery Services, City of Austin<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/water\/projects\/tel:512-974-3662\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">512-974-3662<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/water\/projects\/mailto:james.mendez@austintexas.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">james.mendez@austintexas.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Francisco Pena, Construction Inspector<br \/>Capital Delivery Services, City of Austin<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/water\/projects\/tel:512-974-8721\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">512-974-8721<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/water\/projects\/mailto:francisco.pena@austintexas.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">francisco.pena@austintexas.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Miller, J.D.<br \/>Public Information Office, Austin Water<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/water\/projects\/tel:512-974-8721\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">512-972-0268<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/water\/projects\/mailto:cynthia.miller@austintexas.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cynthia.miller@austintexas.gov<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Project Overview The 38th and 40th Streets Water and Wastewater Pipeline Renewal Project will replace approximately 2,650 linear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-215930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}