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Akron declares emergency repair after 115‑year‑old Cary Avenue storm sewer began collapsing
Summary
City crews and a contractor excavated and replaced a failing 42‑inch segmental metal storm sewer on Cary Avenue in the Kenmore neighborhood, installing a new manhole and about 160 feet of replacement pipe to prevent a roadway collapse; the committee approved the emergency repair on consent.
Akron service officials told the Public Service Committee that crews responded to reports of a sinkhole and discovered a failing 115‑year‑old storm sewer under Cary Avenue in the Kenmore neighborhood, prompting an emergency repair that city staff said a contractor completed this summer.
Service Director Chris Luddle said the failing sewer—described in the…
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