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A map of the area that will experience temporary water service cutoffs.
Palatka residents along and near a section of St. Johns Avenue will have their water disconnected temporarily as the city continues its water line replacement project.
People living on St. Johns Avenue between Moseley and Palm avenues, as well as some people living on adjacent side streets, will experience service interruptions as contractors install a new potable water main, according to a statement from the city of Palatka.
Water service interruptions will take place sometime between Oct. 24 and Nov. 21 and could last for two to six hours, the city said.
Jonathan Griffith, the city’s general services director, said the duration of water service interruptions would depend on the state of the water lines on the property owner’s end. For the most part, however, the water outage should not take long, he said.
“Typically, it doesn’t take a lot of time,” Griffith said. “And typically, it’s a real quick switch.”
Everyone on that section of St. Johns Avenue will experience a temporary outage, Griffith said, but only a handful of people living on adjoining streets should be affected.
Griffith said the contractor would likely inform residents when they’re scheduled to have their water disconnected.
“Most of the time, they work with the property owner,” he said.
The water main installation is part of a $1,319,796 project to replace aging water lines and other equipment. The money, which came from the Florida Department of Transportation, will also be used for road resurfacing after all the lines on St. Johns Avenue from the railroad tracks to Palm Avenue are installed, according to the city’s statement.
The original paving was going to be from the railroad tracks to Moseley Avenue, but a change order was submitted to the state to pave the remainder of the portion of St. Johns Avenue that has been affected, Griffith said.
“So it looks like we as a community are going to have a brand new road from the railroad to Palm Avenue,” Griffith said.