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SEWER REHABILTATION PROJECT TO BEGIN ON CENTRAL ROW IN HARTFORD
First phase of sewer main repair project to start on November 4
For Immediate Release
(HARTFORD, CT) Beginning on Tuesday, November 4, theMetropolitan District (MDC) and its contractors, VMS Construction and Insituform Technologies, will be starting sewer rehabilitation activities on sanitary sewer infrastructure, originally built in the 1800s, in the downtown Hartford area on Central Row, Market Street and Main Street over the next several months.
The initial phase of rehabilitation work will take place on Central Row between Main Street and the Prospect Street intersection and is expected to take approximately three weeks. No sewer service interruptions are anticipated.
Construction work is scheduled to take place from 10:00AM to 6:00PM on weekdays. Central Row will be closed to eastbound vehicle traffic during work hours. Businesses will remain open and sidewalks will remain open to pedestrian traffic.
MDC coordinated the traffic plan with the City of Hartford, the CT Department of Transportation and CT Transit. Traffic lane closures and detours will be needed to accommodate the construction. Normal traffic patterns will be restored at the end of each construction work shift. In addition, an electronic variable message sign will be located on site.
More information on the project can be found online at:
https://themdc.org/large-diameter-sewer-rehabilitation-phase-3a-hartford/