San Diego is paying out nearly $1.5 million to settle three lawsuits, including a construction companys claim that city officials supplied it with inaccurate maps of underground utilities in Mission Beach.

The settlements, which the City Council is scheduled to approve Tuesday, also cover two Ocean Beach injury lawsuits that blame the city for faulty pavement and damaged sidewalk.

The council gave initial approval to all three payouts in sessions closed to the public last month.

The largest payout — $1.26 million — goes to Orion Construction of Vista to cover the costs of spending several months longer than expected replacing water mains and sewer lines in Mission Beach.

Orion claimed in its suit against the city that the $11.8 million project took 479 working days instead of the initially planned 320.

Thats because Orion encountered twice as many underground utilities as it expected, 324 versus 160, the suit says.

City officials said previously unidentified utility conflicts created by the unmapped utilities prevented Orion from building the project phases in sequential order, causing delays.

The size of the payout was determined using a measured-mile analysis, which found that Orion could install 75 feet of pipe per day when it encountered known conflicts and only 20 to 50 feet per day when it encountered unknown conflicts.

Of the $1.26 million payout, $1.22 million is coming from the citys water fund and $41,000 from its sewer fund.

The first Ocean Beach injury payout is $115,000 to Elizabeth Murphy, who sued saying she tripped over an asphalt uplift in the roadway at 2250 Froude Street, just north of Lotus Street, in October 2021.

The second injury payout is $75,000 to Joan Savarese, who said she tripped on damaged sidewalk on Newport Avenue near Ocean Front Way and suffered a broken nose, concussion, brain bleed and traumatic brain injury.