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Emergency pipe collapse under I-70 prompts slip-lining repair; crews keep service flowing
Summary
About two days before Christmas, staff discovered a collapsed ductile-iron sewer pipe under I-70 north of the railroad. Crews and contractor She Dig It (SDI) used slip-lining to restore the main without interrupting service to nearby residents and Central Avenue businesses.
Speaker 2, a sewer maintenance staff member, said crews discovered an emergency pipe failure under I-70 about two days before Christmas and immediately called engineering and a contractor to respond. "They vacuumed that out, did some investigating, and found out we have kind of a larger problem on our hands," Speaker 2 said.
The failure was located just north of the railroad, near I-70, and officials warned it could have affected the neighborhood up to Central Avenue and the businesses there if not addressed promptly. Speaker 3 described the cause: "The old ductile iron pipe, the gases from the sewer main has…
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