Sewer repairs may impact traffic on many Olympia streets through Monday
Residents may see some traffic impacts as a city of Olympia contractor repairs 5,500 feet of sewer pipe throughout the city.
Insituform Technologies started the repairs on Wednesday, and they will continue through Monday, according to a city news release. The annual maintenance project aims to proactively service pipes before costly replacements may be needed
Streets will largely remain open during the repairs, but some lanes may be closed for short periods of time, per the city. In those instances, the release says flaggers will direct traffic.
The work involves cleaning pipes and recording video of internal pipe conditions, according to the city. Sanitary service should not be impacted by the maintenance work, the city says.
Work on the pipes will resume in late January. Rather than cleaning the pipes, Insituform will line them with a cured-in-place technology that will “significantly reduce” future disruptions, per the city.
On Wednesday, crews started work on the following streets:
- Capital Way Southeast
- Garfield Ave. Northwest
- Water Street
- Milroy Street Northeast
- Glass Ave. Northeast.
On Thursday, work started on the following streets:
- Thurston Ave NE
- Capitol Way SE
- San Francisco Ave NE
- Rogers Street NW
- East Bay Drive NE
- Bethel Street NE
- Columbia Street SE
- Milroy Street NW
On Friday, work is scheduled for the following streets:
- Rogers Street NW
- Legion Way SE
- Sleater-Kinney Road, North of Martin Way
- Martin Way NE at Lilly Road NE
- Cedarbury Lane, West of Lakemoor Drive
