By the end of the day (4/17/20) the contractor will have installed new 20" diameter pipe, backfilled, and temporary paved over the entire length of the project, except for an approximately 60' long segment that lies between 11th and 10th Streets. Over the weekend, both lanes of Bay Avenue will be open to traffic. When work resumes on Monday, 4/20/20, Bay Avenue will be open to local traffic only between 14th and 9th Streets, with all work areas and materials zoned off.

Other work scheduled for next week includes the tapping into the existing 10" diameter force main at a point that is now within the valve vault that was installed on the property of the Authority's 20th Street Pump Station, and the installation of vent piping and air release valves that serve the concrete chambers that have been installed throughout the length of the project.

Neither of these tasks will require traffic shutdowns. Traffic control will be handled with lane shifts.

For the longer term, it is expected that the new 20" pipe will become operable by about the end of April, 2020, at which time the slip-lining of the existing 20" diameter force main will begin. The slip-lining phase of the project is expected to extend to mid to late June, 2020. It is not expected that large traffic detours will be required while slip-lining is ongoing and that traffic control will be handled via lane shifts.