“We’re hoping to use trench-less technology to fix the concrete pipe as soon as possible,” he said.
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Leventry said the concrete sanitary sewer line was built in 1979 but has deteriorated due to gases from hydrogen sulfide gases, a natural byproduct of decomposition in a sanitary sewer pipe. He said this is why plastic pipe is used.
“We hope the pipe has enough structural integrity to withstand a lining process in which a new plastic pipe is inserted into the current concrete pipe,” he said. “We’ve sent video of the pipe to the contractor.”
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Dan Arthur, Monroe’s public works director, said the pavement sunk about three inches where the line goes under Todhunter Road prompting the city to place steel road plates over the road.
Arthur said the city has closed the road to through traffic and is only allowing local traffic. The city has also requested buses from the Monroe Local Schools and Duke Energy trucks to adjust their routes so that they did not use that portion of the road.
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