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Council hears multiweek Arlington Avenue sewer repair timeline; city seeks $500,000 to finish O'Gods pumping station

5333094 · July 8, 2025
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Public Utilities described a planned 55-foot shaft excavation and bypass pumping to repair a failed sewer pump on Arlington Avenue and asked council to appropriate $500,000 to complete engineering and construction for the O'Gods pumping station.

The Toledo Department of Public Utilities updated council on emergency sewer repairs on Arlington Avenue and requested $500,000 to finish the O'Gods pumping station project.

Director Doug Stevens said contractors will excavate a deep shaft roughly 28 by 17 feet and 55 feet deep to install a bypass and a large pump to handle wet-weather flow; site mobilization would begin within days and construction work is expected to continue into December. "It's gonna take about 3 weeks to dig it ... that whole process is expected to take into December. It's gonna be a full 6 months of doing this," Stevens said, describing excavation, bypass pumping, cleaning and televising of sewer lines, and a final structural liner installation. (Doug Stevens, Director,…

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