Trenchless technology means the city will not have to dig up roads to replace 2.7 kilometres of sewer pipeline in need of repair.
Instead, Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) will be used to repair a section of line running along Hardy Street, Enterprise Way, Enterprise Court, Parkinson Way, Sutherland Avenue, Burtch Road, and through the Parkinson Recreation Centre parking lot.
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The steel reinforced pipe is 40 years old but should last 80 years, MacLean said.
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The project was stalled by COVID and then design and constructibility issues. Replacing the pipe with traditional construction would be time-consuming and more costly.
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CIPP technology injects material into the pipe through a manhole with it traveling in both directions.
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CIPP is expected to last 50 to 60 years.
To insert the liner, the sewer flow will be bypassed with two overland pipes monitored 24 hours a day.
One pipe will intercept at Hardy St., redirecting along the old rail bed and then following Clement Ave., and reconnecting to existing sewer lines on Vineland St. The other pipe will begin at Burtch Rd. between Highway 97 and Sutherland Ave. and rejoin the existing sewer line at Guisachan and Byrns roads.
The $7 million project begins next week and some intermittent single-lane alternating traffic is expected during construction.
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