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Three significant items were discussed at today’s Board of Trustees meeting, all of which showed signs of big things to come. Our regional stormwater management program language, known as Title V was approved by Trustees with plans to implement the program beginning in...
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How were you planning to spend your holiday week? Recent stories in The Plain Dealer may have you reconsidering, but they are examples of the problems that have plagued Northeast Ohio for some time. And they are problems we are addressing. When it comes to beach water quality—a topic...
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So when a caller to the WMMS 100.7 Alan Cox Show during Wednesday drivetime reacted to the hosts’ conversation about Lake Erie’s poor beachwater quality, he rightfully touched on the Sewer District’s multi-billion-dollar program to fix some of the problems plaguing the lakefront. We heard about the call yesterday...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The phrase “t_rd reduction” might be awkward in a headline, but it’s the way yesterday’s beach report and our efforts to monitor and improve water quality came up in drive-time talk radio yesterday. Hear for yourself: WMMS’s Alan Cox Show spent a few segments on the topic yesterday afternoon....
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Beginning this week, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will begin installation of a new sewer along Lakeshore Boulevard. This relief sewer, designed to reduce flooding in the area, will require temporary closure of two westbound lanes along Lakeshore Boulevard between East 156 Street and Sycamore Street. Drivers should...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Mackenzie is the name of the huge tunnel digger that will burrow the route of the Euclid Creek Tunnel, a major piece of our Project Clean Lake efforts. Here are some of the stats about the project and the equipment. About the Euclid Creek Tunnel The Euclid Creek Tunnel...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The cutterhead for Ohio’s largest tunnel boring machine, named “Mackenzie,” will begin its descent into Shaft 1 of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Euclid Creek Tunnel on Friday, June 1. That morning, public officials and local media professionals will visit the Sewer District’s construction site in Bratenahl for...
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Beginning the week of June 4, Sewer District contractors will begin the latest phase of Euclid Creek Tunnel construction along Lakeshore Boulevard from East 156th Street to Sycamore Street. The work includes open-cut construction methods in which a trench is dug along Lakeshore Boulevard, new sewer pipe is installed,...
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Our Euclid Creek Tunnel is one of several huge projects underway on the east side of Cleveland. This image we posted on Pinterest has the latest information and a fine overview to give you the project basics. For copies of this information as a handy information card, send us...
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The Collinwood Observer ran a feature on our Euclid Creek Tunnel earlier this month following a pair of neighborhood meetings about the project. As promised, we previously have shared a link about the tunnel’s construction along Lakeshore, but the map above is a better full-screen resolution for reference. Columnist...
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