The Briar Creek Relief Sewer project consists of 10 miles of new, large diameter sewer lines. The project will provide for additional capacity within the Briar Creek basin, all of which is in the inner portion of Charlotte, primarily to address wet weather flows and to provide for additional growth capacity. Without the project the City will likely be subject to enforcement actions by EPA for sewer overflows during large storm events and moratoriums on wastewater connections in the future. The project will ultimately have 3 phases spread over about 8-10 years, with the total construction cost estimated at $95 million. The FY 2010 request is for $4million for Phase 2 which commenced in 2008 with design and easement mapping and acquisation and is expected to start construction in early 2010 with a cost of $33 million.