BALTIMORE, MD - Baltimore City Department of Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., today announced that emergency work has been completed on a 10-foot diameter storm drain culvert at Washington and Eager Streets. Paving is completed, and the streets are now reopened to traffic.

A deterioration problem was first noted through a routine, proactive inspection in December 2014. This situation was monitored and further visually inspected for changes, leading to a decision to close of the intersection to traffic in late winter rather than risk a potentially catastrophic collapse. An emergency contract was awarded to the infrastructure company Spiniello for emergency repairs.

Director Chow stated: “Because of the proactive inspections conducted by the Department of Public Works, we avoided a potential street collapse. It is our job to make sure that our underground infrastructure is constantly monitored and restored as warranted.”  

The work included:

Storm Drain: 

• Creating an access entry
• Bypass draining
• Installing 270 linear feet of 120” CIPP (cured in place pipe) lining
• Grouting of voids
• Restoring the brick culvert and backfilling.

While the intersection was closed and excavated, additional utility improvements were done, including:
 
Sanitary Sewer:
 

• Sewer bypass pumping
• Installing 525 linear feet of 15” CIPP lining in sewer main
• Installing 560 linear feet of 8” CIPP lining in sewer main
• Installing 70 linear feet of 10” CIPP lining in sewer main
• Making five sanitary sewer open cut point repairs
• Replacing 22 linear feet of 10” sewer main
• Backfilling and site restoration

Water:
 

• Repairing a joint leak on a 40” water main
• Repairing a water service line leak
• Replacing a leaking fire hydrant
• Backfilling and site restoration.

The total cost for this work, including paving, was $2.6 million.