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72 In. Water Line From Crawford To Mt. Vernon St.


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Attended the online Teams presentation. They decided to do the 2 green colored areas first due to the Annunciation Orthodox school is out for the summer and some mysterious parades on Fannin St. Most of it will be open cut but under major streets like Spur 27, Smith St., Montrose, Yoakum, Louisiana, Elgin, Travis and Main St. it will be tunnel.

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6 hours ago, dbigtex56 said:

Now you've piqued my curiosity I don't know if I've ever seen (or even heard of) a mysterious parade.
Who or what could it be?

The rep for the contractor said they were starting here first due to parades that took place on Fannin. Not sure I've ever heard of a parade on this portion of Midtown.

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"Construction is set to begin this summer on a 72-inch water line project between Mount Vernon Street in Montrose to Crawford Street in Midtown. The project is intended to increase the capacity of the city’s drinking water."

https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/transportation/2022/06/23/construction-to-begin-this-summer-on-water-line-project-spanning-parts-of-midtown-montrose/

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Went by to talk with a crew member since work has started close to where I live. He is the inspector overseeing the project. He said they started here at Kipling St., Audubon St. and Holman St. since the Greek Annunciation School has already started up. They had planned to start by the school but changed plans due to a late start of the project. They have had a tree trimming company trim some of the trees that the heavy equipment could hit. There are construction barrels all along the street and construction netting around some of the trees. He admitted it is going to be a big mess for those who live along those streets since it will be open cut trenching.

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On 9/6/2022 at 12:28 PM, hindesky said:

They have had a tree trimming company trim some of the trees that the heavy equipment could hit.

Those are some beautiful trees, and I hope they hire someone whose approach is more a tree surgeon and less like a butcher.
CenterPoint (and previously HL&P) is notorious for using unskilled workers who take town limbs helter-skelter.

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The pipes for the project have arrived. These are staged on Lovett Blvd which isn't actually part of the project but provides lots of room to store here and then transport where needed. Saw a post somewhere about more on Emerson St.


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Looks like the section of Kipling St. between Audubon Blvd and Stanford St are done adding the pipe. Hopefully they pave it soon. It's supposed to be concrete and not asphalt. They are working on the section between Stanford and Roseland working their way to Montrose Blvd. where they will tunnel under that road.


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According to the job inspector I talked with this water is going to the water storage tanks at Westpark and Newcastle. He said it doesn't feed the neighborhood directly but they do have to cut service occasionally because the local piping feeding the neighborhood is sometimes in the way of installing the 72" pipe.

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18 hours ago, hindesky said:

According to the job inspector I talked with this water is going to the water storage tanks at Westpark and Newcastle. He said it doesn't feed the neighborhood directly but they do have to cut service occasionally because the local piping feeding the neighborhood is sometimes in the way of installing the 72" pipe.

 

That makes sense, since most neighborhoods are supplied by 8 inch mains. 72 inch mains do not make sense at all for local distribution.

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