BULLHEAD CITY — City of Bullhead City staff and contractors will be working on the following projects throughout the city during the week of June 9:
- City Public Works crews will continue to sweep streets, clean up, and repair damage caused by recent storm activity in various neighborhoods throughout the City.
- Construction of the new southbound right-hand turn lane on Highway 95 at Thunderstruck Drive is underway. Motorists should be prepared for intermittent closures of the outside southbound lane of Highway 95 near Thunderstruck Drive.
- A contractor is nearing completion of the rehabilitation of Lift Station 18-1, located just Southeast of the intersection of Highway 95 and Laughlin Ranch Boulevard. Lost Hills Dr has been reopened to through-traffic. This work is part of a larger plan to upgrade and prolong the life of the City’s wastewater system.
- Contractors working on behalf of Bullhead City Utilities will be completing asphalt and concrete repairs around the City in places where recent water line repairs were made.
- Precise Builders is remodeling the former Mohave Valley Daily News building into the new Bullhead Animal Resource Center. The facility, which will feature expanded capacity, a veterinary clinic, a dog washing station, a pet crematorium, and more, is expected to open in the summer of 2025.
- Kay Constructors LLC, under contract with Bullhead City Utilities, is building a new headworks and aeration basin at the Section 10 wastewater treatment plant. The projects will improve the city’s capacity to reclaim water and protect the facility’s infrastructure from damage caused by foreign materials in the system.
- New ADA concrete parking spots and sidewalk, along with a new oval concrete RC track, have recently been added near the existing dirt RC track at Rotary Park. Improvements are still underway in the area, including the installation of fencing, lights, and landscaping. The newly improved track is expected to reopen soon.
- The skate park at Rotary Park is receiving new improvements, including artificial turf, shade structures, and new skate features. The Park remains open. The area where work is ongoing is closed off with temporary fencing.
- City parks Maintenance Crews are installing new Bocce courts and making improvements to the existing horseshoe pits at Rotary Park.
- Bullhead City Utilities will install new fire hydrants and iHydrants at various locations around the city. Installing new hydrants may require planned outages for a few hours in the areas where they are installed. The work is part of a project installing 80 new hydrants around the City by the end of June. The project will replace the city’s oldest and least functional hydrants with new intelligent hydrants that can monitor the City’s water infrastructure for issues and facilitate faster response times to system leaks.
- Bullhead City Utilities will begin installing new measurement equipment at select manholes within the sewer system. The installation of each device will result in temporary lane closures while work is performed in the street.
- Kay Constructors, on behalf of Bullhead City, is in the beginning stages of installing well 20-1 on the northern side of Riverview Drive between Highway 95 and Lakeside Drive. The project will also include installing a transmission main from well 20-1 to the Big Bend water tank.
- The River Valley Artists guild will be painting traffic signal utility boxes at various locations along Highway 95. Mohave Dr and Hancock Rd. are the first two locations receiving the treatment. This is the first phase of a beautification project agreement in which the Artists Guild will paint utility boxes at 11 locations along Highway 95 within City Limits by Spring of 2026.
- A contractor working on behalf of Bullhead City Utilities will be working to extend a water line near the intersection of Friendly Place and Rainbow Drive. Water service for customers in the immediate area will be disrupted on June 3rd from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
The City reminds the public to only flush human waste, toilet paper, and grey water down the drain. All other waste products should be disposed of through other means to avoid damage to the city’s infrastructure.
Please use caution while traveling through City work zones. Obey posted signage and traffic control devices.
The public is encouraged to use the Bullhead City Direct app, available for Android and IOS devices, to report issues around the city directly to the City Staff who resolve them. Visit bullheadcity.com/BullheadCityDirect for more information.
Questions about ongoing projects throughout the city can be directed to Mackenzie Covert, Public Information Officer, at mcovert@bullheadcityaz.gov or (928) 763-0182.
