Community Projects

Infrastructure

Arbor Lake Lift Station Project

Project Description: This project looks to install a generator, transfer switch, improve the driveway to the lift station, and secure the site with fencing. This project will also add monitoring equipment to the pumps to match equipment utilized at our other lift stations in the City. The project provides emergency backup support to residents in the event of power outages. 
 
Estimated Cost: $160,875
 
Contractor: TK Concrete

Estimated Project Timeline: The Arbor Lake Lift Station Project is expected to start Spring of 2023 with a completion date by November 1, 2023.
 
Design Engineer: Eric Cannon, Snyder and Associates

City Staff Contact: Russ Paul, Public Works Assistant Director

Copper Creek Stream Stabilization Project

Project Description: With the use of Federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), this project provides for the construction and reconstruction of storm sewer and sanitary sewer improvements in the Copper Creek neighborhood near Augusta Lane. Impacted property owners were contacted about the project and temporary and permanent easements were signed by the respective property owners. 

Estimated Cost: $128,841

Contractor: RW Excavating

Estimated Project Timeline: Contractor is expected to complete all tree clearing prior to April 1st, 2023, with the bulk of construction occurring in summer of 2023. The project is expected to be completed Fall 2023. 

Design Engineer: Eric Cannon, Snyder and Associates

City Staff Contact: Madeline Sturms, Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director

arbor lake lift station
copper creek improvement

Little Fourmile Creek Stream Stabilization Project

Project Description: With the use of Federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), this project provides for the construction and reconstruction of storm sewer, and conduct debris and tree removal to reduce flooding to Little Fourmile Creek north of Little Fourmile Creek Drive. Impacted property owners were contacted about the project and temporary easements were signed by the respective property owners. 

Estimated Cost: $146,444

Contractor: Des Moines Dirt Worx, LLC

Estimated Project Timeline: The Little Fourmile Creek Stabilization Project is expected to begin its bulk of construction in the summer of 2023, with an expected completion of the project in Fall 2023.

Design Engineer: Eric Cannon, Snyder 
and Associates

City Staff Contact: Madeline Sturms, Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director

Little Fourmile creek improvement

Youngstown Trail Phase III

Project Description: The Youngstown Trail Extension is a joint project between the city and developer of the pine valley development. This project would extend the trail from Oakwood Drive to 6th Street.

Estimated Cost: The City of Pleasant Hill’s cost share for the trail extension is $397,000.

Contractor: Alliance Construction Group, LLC

Estimated Project Timeline: This project is expected to be completed Summer 2023.

Design Engineer: Eric Cannon, Snyder and Associates

City Staff Contact: Ryan Merritt, Parks and Recreation Manager

Youngstown trail

SE 6th Avenue and SE 68th Street Intersection Traffic Study

Project Description: The City of Pleasant Hill is partnering with Polk County on a traffic study of SE 6th Avenue and SE 68th Street to review existing conditions and provide options for improvements at the intersection to benefit Fourmile Elementary School traffic as well as provide guidance to adjacent developers. 

Estimated Cost: The City of Pleasant Hill’s cost share for the Traffic Study is 50% at $12,500. 

Estimated Project Timeline: The Traffic Study is expected to be completed Spring/Summer 2023. 

City Staff Contact: Ben Champ, City Manager

SE 6th and SE 68th

NE 75th Street Construction and Roadway Extension Project

Project Description: The City of Pleasant Hill has continued to prioritize development of the University Avenue Corridor over several years, and the NE 75th Street construction project will extend NE 75th street to the north and create an east/west roadway. Through the Iowa Department of Transportation’s RISE grant program, the City was awarded 60% of the cost share of RISE eligible expenses within this project. 

Estimated Cost: The RISE grant covers 60% of eligible expenses, or about $2,543,640. The total project is estimated to cost $5,917,000. 

Estimated Project Timeline: TBD.

Design Engineer: Eric Cannon, Snyder and Associates

City Staff Contact: Madeline Sturms, Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director  

NE 75th Street

Park and Trail Projects
Parks in Progress

The City of Pleasant Hill has multiple new, and exciting park projects underway! Please pardon our mess as we make progress in the parks!  www.pleasanthilliowa.org/parksinprogress

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Regional Projects
Southeast Connector/Martin Luther King Jr Parkway Extension

Project Description: The City of Pleasant Hill has been working with the City of Des Moines to plan, construct, and apply for funding for the Southeast Connector/Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway Extension as a transportation corridor connecting the Highway 5/65 Bypass to downtown Des Moines for over a decade.   

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Project Update: The City of Pleasant Hill and City of Des Moines submitted a joint application requesting Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) funding from the 2023 Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant (MPDG) program for the final segment of the corridor between SE 30th Street in Des Moines to US 65 in Pleasant Hill. This will complete a critical link to the region’s transportation network by providing a direct and continuous travel route within the Des Moines metropolitan area.

Estimated Cost: Estimated costs for the final segment of the SE Connector project ranges from $22,000,000 to $26,000,000. 

Contractor: TBD

Estimated Project Timeline: TBD

Design Professional: Scott Almeida, Kirkham Michael

City Staff Contact: Madeline Sturms, Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director

Southeast Connector

Ongoing Community Planning Projects


Comprehensive Plan Update Timeline

ADA Transition Plan