To the editor:
I have a number of concerns about problems the Lawrence sewer project has apparently encountered in my part of town. On Eighth Street, between Connecticut and New York, I noticed that about a week ago, when the new, larger pipe was being installed, the entire street buckled. Since then, all work has ceased as far as I can tell (and the project is directly in front of my house, so I have a front row seat). To make matters worse, there is a large (approximately 40 feet x 10 feet) hole in the middle of the block where the new section of pipe ends, and the old one begins. There is about a 10-foot gap between the two sections of pipe, and raw sewage flows out of one, forms a large pool, and eventually seeps into the other end of the pipe. My questions are as follows:
1) If a 2-foot diameter pipe is being threaded through a 1-foot diameter underground tunnel, does it not make sense that extra pressure would have to be released somewhere (i.e., the street buckling up)?
2) What will this cost us taxpayers to have this entire section of street rebuilt and repaved?
3) Why has there been no coverage of this in the Lawrence Journal-World? I' ve heard rumors that the city is trying to keep this mistake under wraps. True?
4) What is the new timeline for completion of this project?
5) Aren't there regulations about having raw sewage flowing through a large, open hole in the road? Does this not present health hazards? Need I mention the awful stench I now live with on a daily basis?
I would like to see this addressed publicly and explanations provided.
Kristin Brumm,
Lawrence.
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