Indiana Town Awards Sewer Contract
The City of Bloomington Utilities Service Board has awarded a $6.9 million project to Greeley & Hansen for improvements to the aging infrastructure of the South Central Interceptor Sewer, located along South Walnut Street from Davis Street to Gordon Pike. As part of the project, 12,000 feet of new sewer main will be installed.
The majority of the work should be completed by December 2017, with the rest completed by August 2018.
“The infrastructure upgrades to the South Central Interceptor strengthen the area and will eliminate the chronic sanitary sewer overflow location near Grimes Lane,” said CBU Director Vic Kelson. “Also, this is critical infrastructure to support Switchyard Park and the increase in commerce we expect along this corridor in the coming years.”
Sanitary sewers, some of which date as far back as 1910, primarily consist of clay pipe and can date all the way back to 1910. When the groundwater level is at or above the sewer elevation, the joints in the older clay pipes are not sufficiently watertight to prevent the infiltration of stormwater and an overflow can occur.
For more information about the project, visit bloomington.in.gov/utilities.
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