Just a friendly reminder -- there is a lot to do today and this evening on the downtown square as a part of the Bring Christmas Home event! Be sure to stop by and have a good old fashioned hometown Christmas! For a full list of events, please check the Alva Chamber of Commerce website! The bed races begin at 4:15pm where the City of Alva fully expects to win this year with our "Dream Team" of pushers and expert navigator aboard the Alva Rocket! It promises to be a great time! We will see you all there!
Just a reminder - the new sanitation service will not begin until Monday, 2 December 2024. Any garbage put in the new blue poly carts will not be picked up by the City of Alva.
A point of clarification on placement of your new poly carts on your trash pick up day. The poly carts don't actually have to be out in the street. If you will place it at the edge or your yard near the curb, that will be fine with the new service provider. This also is the same for any residents who live on Oklahoma Blvd. Please call City Hall if there are any questions at 580-327-1340.
Please use the below link to access the Waste Connections Fact Sheet that is posted on our News Feed on the City of Alva website. Hopefully this will answer any questions you may have.
https://www.alvaok.org/article/1887601
If you have a legitimate reason that you will not be able physically to take your trash poly carts to the curb on your trash day, please call City Hall to make arrangements to have your trash picked up by hand. Also if you feel you don't need two poly carts, please call City Hall as well.
Please call Heather at 580-327-1340.
Waste Connections is beginning to deliver their provided poly carts to customers throughout The City of Alva. Continue using City of Alva provided poly carts or using alley access waste receptacles as usual. Waste Connections will begin providing trash service on December 2nd, 2024. Until then continue with usual City of Alva provided trash service.
For all residents near the intersection of 7th St and Locust St, you may experience low to no water pressure. The water department is replacing a fire hydrant at that intersection. We anticipate this won't take more than 2 hours, but that is subject to change. We appreciate your patience while we make these necessary repairs.
The City water dept is assisting the contractor installing a new line south of town by the airport. We are turning off valves trying to find the right valve to kill the line they are trying to replace. We believe we will find the right valve and reroute the rest of the water shortly. Thanks for your patience.
Locust St Project Update: Due to some unforeseen delays with our contractor, we've had to adjust our plans. As of about 10 minutes ago, the contractor will be on Locust St tomorrow morning to drop off their concrete forms. The crew will return Saturday to form up all of the necessary curb and guttering. They will return Monday to pour all of the concrete. The City of Alva Street Department will plan to begin laying asphalt Tuesday once the heat of the day will allow us to begin hauling material. We anticipate that it will take 2 days to lay the asphalt.
City of Alva City Hall phones and internet are currently experiencing a service interruption. We appreciate your patience as we wait for AT&T to fix the issue. City Hall will remain open for walk-in business.
Good news! After working through the night again, the leak on College Blvd has been fixed and the hole is being filled back in. We had to open a lot of fire hydrants to release pressure off of the line. Our Water Department is slowing closing all of the hydrants which will bring pressure back up. There may be a little air in the lines as you turn your water on. We hope to be back up to full pressure throughout the entire City within a couple of hours. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
An update on the current water line break situation on College Ave. We have all of necessary parts we need to make the repairs, we are just waiting on the crew to arrive to make the repairs. The crew should be here around midnight and will work throughout the night to get full water pressure restored to everyone by first thing in the morning. There is no guarantee, but that is the goal. Please continue to be patient as we work through this. More updates will follow as we learn more.
Please visit the City of Alva Website for the latest update on progress being made on Locust St improvements. The website is alvaok.org.
The Tree Limb pile collection location at the Transfer Site will be closed for the next two days as we are conducting a burn on the pile that has accumulated. We will send out another notification when we open up the limb pile collection location. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we try to keep this under control.
Great news! The leak at the intersection of College and the Blvd is fixed and the water is back on. The Water Dept worked tirelessly throughout the night and today. The traffic flow will remain restricted until we can get it filled in and concrete poured. The street lights will be inoperable for the near future as we have to get a company out here to evaluate the damage done to the control lines.
The City of Alva is experiencing a major water line rupture at the intersection of College Ave and the Boulevard right in front of Garnett's Oil Company. To fix this issue, we will have to shut down valves that will disrupt water service to a large number of customers for potentially an extended period. We will put out information as it becomes available.
Due to an unstable situation, Barnes St from Logan St to Meno St will be closed while we replace the drainage pipe and put in new roadway. Please heed the road closing barriers to prevent a complete collapse of the road.
For all residents on the 1300 block of Mill St, please move all vehicles off of the road first thing in the morning, 25 June, 2024. We are going to begin road resurfacing on that block beginning tomorrow.
The water line crews are currently tying in the new water lines on Locust street beginning at the 1100 block this morning and will move to the 900 block once that tie in is complete. There will be water running through the streets in that area as they drain the lines to complete this important work. There will be intermittent water outages in the area today. We appreciate your patience as we get this job completed.
The City of Alva Transfer Site is currently not accepting any tree limbs or branches. We are in the process of getting rid of our old wood pile and need a little time to get everything straightened up so it will be more organized in the future. We will let everyone know when we will be accepting tree limbs and branches again.
