Annapolis outlines scope, timing and neighborhood impacts for Southgate-area water and sewer work

City of Annapolis public-works staff and the project’s design-build contractor on Thursday gave neighbors an overview of planned water and sewer replacement work in the Southgate area, saying the work will replace aged mains, service laterals, hydrants and valves and will require temporary traffic and parking restrictions and occasional service interruptions.

Taura Burkhart, co‑project manager with the city, said the project includes “the Southgate, Franklin Street, Murray Ave, and Lafayette areas,” and that the work will cover water mains, water-service laterals (where meter pits or meters are not relatively new), fire hydrants and valves. Burkhart spoke at a virtual meeting hosted by the Department of Public Works. “Tonight, we're gonna give you a little bit of an overview of what's going on with the Southgate area water distribution and sewer system project,” she told participants.

City staff said sewer main replacement will be limited to portions of Southgate and Franklin. Keith Tyson, the city’s owner's representative from Gannett Fleming, and Steve Schumer, project manager for contractor Schumer Incorporated, described sequencing, typical daily work operations and restoration expectations.

Why it matters: replacing deteriorating buried infrastructure aims to reduce leaks and outages and extend the life of the systems serving the neighborhood. But city staff warned residents the work will cause temporary disruptions —…