Oakland Street sewer improvements scheduled for end of September
The sanitary sewer main on Oakland Street will be prepared for the installation of Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) lining, beginning on September 28. The proposed schedule to complete this project is outlined below. This construction does not involve any excavation, or harm to the new road and utilities. This improvement will increase the strength and longevity of the existing sanitary sewer.
Residents are advised to pour water in each floor drain prior to the start of this construction in order to reduce the potential for odors entering their home during the sewer lining project. In addition, we kindly ask that residents do not use their washing machine from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. and limit their use of water to avoid a sanitary sewer back-up during this time of construction.
Proposed sewer lining schedule:
NOTE: Residents who live within the corresponding parameters in association with the listed day are asked to follow the advice noted above. Pickett and Wilmarth Street residents are also included in this as the sanitary sewer along both of those streets flows into the sanitary sewer along Oakland Street.
- September 28: Oakland Street from Gill Road to Wilmarth Street
- September 29: Oakland Street from Wilmarth Street to Cass Street, Pickett Street from Grand River to Oakland Street
- September 30: Oakland Street from Cass Street to Grand River, Wilmarth Street from Grand River to Oakland Street
Please keep children and pets away from the construction operation. Construction activities, and the associated equipment that goes with it, is attractive to small children and can be dangerous. Please keep children away from all equipment. Please note there is a potential for hot steam and/or odor being emitted from the equipment or sanitary sewer structures during the sewer lining construction. If you have any specific questions regarding this operation, please call Mr. Mike McNutt, Engineer for OHM, (313) 516-4735, or Mr. Austin Downie, Engineer for OHM, at (734) 466-4437, or the City Public Works Department at (248) 473-7250.
Updated information will be handed out and attached to your front door, posted on the City website, and/or posted on the City’s Facebook page as necessary.
Oakland Street Restoration Notice
Please be advised that the City and OHM Advisors are aware that some restored areas along Oakland Street do not appear complete. We have been monitoring the restoration efforts completed in the late spring/early summer and plan to resolve all existing restoration issues this fall during the next “growing season.” Per the project contract, the contractor is responsible for proper and complete restoration in all areas they disturbed during the construction process. We kindly ask residents to continue watering the newly restored areas during the heat of summer and to understand that the entire restoration process does take an extended period of time.
Please keep children and pets away from the construction operation. Construction
activities, and the associated equipment that goes with it, is attractive to small children and can be dangerous. Please keep children away from the equipment, removals, mass grading, underground utility installation, fresh concrete, and hot asphalt.
If you have any specific questions regarding this work, please call
the City Public Works Department at (248) 473-7250, Mr. Mike McNutt, Engineer for OHM, (313) 516-4735, or Mr. Austin Downie, Engineer for OHM, at (734) 466-4437.
Updated information will be handed out and attached to your front door as necessary.