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23rd St storm sewer job starts Monday, August 24

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By KEVIN NEVERS

Work is scheduled to begin on the 23rd Street storm sewer replacement project on Monday, Aug. 24.

The general contractor, Gough Inc. of Merrillville, is staging materials right now, with the Park Department making its facility available for storage, Chesterton Town Engineer Mark O’Dell told the Stormwater Management Board at its meeting Monday night.

Approximately 150 feet of new sewer line will be laid south of Dakota Street and a further 140 feet south of the entrance to Westchester Village on the Green.

23rd Street won’t be closed during the project, O’Dell said, but motorists in both directions will be restricted to one lane, with a flagger on the scene directing traffic.

Sink Holes

In other business, Street Commissioner John Schnadenberg reported that two sink holes--each about a foot square and some six to eight inches deep--opened up on Monday east of Ind. 49: one by a failing storm sewer drain on Roberts Road, the other by a failing drain on Sand Creek Drive North.

The sink holes form after the seal around the drain’s casting loses its integrity, Schnadenberg said, allowing runoff to infiltrate beneath the asphalt and wash out the subsurface of the roadway. Crews fix the problem by digging out the casting and re-sealing it.

So far this season the Street Department has repaired about a dozen storm drains throughout the town with another four or five work orders outstanding, Schnadenberg said.

July in Review

In July the Stormwater Utility ran a deficit of $6, 568 and in the year-to-date is running a surplus of $14,317.

 

 

 

Posted 8/18/2015

 
 
 
 

 

 

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