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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Duluth Communications Office
Mayor Roger J. Reinert
411 West First Street • Duluth, Minnesota 55802 • www.duluthmn.gov
For more information, please call 218-730-5309
DATE: 11/9/2009
SUBJECT: Construction along the Lakewalk
BY: Pakou Ly

Construction along the Lakewalk

                                               

Lakewalk users will be detoured around about one-quarter mile of pathway between Endion Depot and Fitgers parking structure due to the construction of the first phase of the “East Interceptor Sanitary Sewer Storage Facility” project from November 9, 2009 to January 15, 2010.

 

The City of Duluth is under Consent Decree orders to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows from its wastewater collection system. The East Interceptor is one of the overflow points that the City is mandated to eliminate. The detour is necessary so workers can construct a new sewer line along the Lakewalk to convey peak wet weather flows from the Fitger’s Diversion Structure (Superior Street and 4th Avenue East) to a proposed storage tank in Canal Park (1st Avenue East and Lake Place Drive) thus eliminating sanitary sewer overflows at this point.

 

In addition to the Lakewalk closure, the detour will be closed for a two week period in November to allow for the installation of diversion piping across the railroad tracks.

                                                                                                           

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact a representative of the City of Duluth at the numbers listed below:

                                                                                                                                                           
Project Engineer:                     Mark Guisfredi                       730-5076
Field Representative:             Howard Smith                         348-1391
 
 
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