Politics & Government

Sewer Pipe Construction on Mastick Ave. Begins

Crews will be out from 7:30am to 5pm Monday through Friday working on replacing the problematic 50-year-old pipes along the street.

The construction on the water and sewer pipes replacement project on Mastick Avenue began this week, with crews set to start digging up much of the street on Thursday, according to the city's engineer.

The beginning work started Monday on Mastick Avenue near Taylor Avenue, and since then construction workers have mainly been surveying the pipes, marking pavement and "potholing" for utilities.

On Thursday, the crews will begin with the pipe installation. In addition to replacing the water and sewer utility pipes, crews will resurface Mastick Avenue between Angus and San Felipe avenues. The work is expected to cause an inconvenience for nearly 75 properties along the street for several months, with noise, dust and a lack of on-street parking expected to become the norm for awhile.

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Construction on the pipes, which will be managed by K.J. Woods Construction at a cost of $1.3 million, is needed because the water mains and sewer system on Mastick Avenue are more than 50 years old and in poor condition, said Wing Wong, the acting city engineer.

According to city documents, replacement of the pipes is meant to reduce the cost of future maintenance and forestall the city's risk for liability.

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"This stretch of piping has long since passed its useful life, and has been patched and re-patched numerous times over the years," a staff report said. "The rupture of water mains on this street is a chronic issue for the neighborhood."

As part of the project, the city will be replacing lower sewer laterals for each property along the street. The upper sewer laterals that connect each property to the city sewer main will not be inspected and will be the responsibility of the property owner if found in poor condition, according to the city.

The construction is planned to take place from 7:30am to 5pm Monday through Friday. The project is expected to be completed in January.


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