In Plymouth, it’s here—and that’s the long awaited completion of the relocation of the sewer interceptor pipe from under the harbor to beneath Water St. This is a project that began in December of 2022 but due to construction delays was put on hold in March of last year and did not resume until May of 2023. Then the project was put on hold for 6 months to accommodate tourism and the work restarted in January 2024. The project is necessary to allow the Department of Public Works full access to the pipe—a six point six million dollar project funded largely by American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, funds. So for a very long time traffic on Water St., the pathway to many of the leisure and business activities in the area, has been interrupted, but that’s about to end.
WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more…
DPW Director William Coyle:
“The project started back in December of 2022 with Northern Construction. The purpose of it was to replace the ageing 30 inch reinforced concrete pipe that was located out in the harbor. The concern is that if there was ever failure or break in the line— obviously it’s going to go directly out into the ocean.”
And by replacing that sewer line, the pipe will be located under Water Street…
“… if we ever have a failure, it would be something that would be more controllable if that were to happen.”
So, Coyle says, the project….
“…is winding down. We have about two days of permanent paving to do. We are hopeful that it will certainly be next week—and if things go well the next few days and the weather cooperates it could be as soon as this weekend, but again, that’s weather permitting.”
In Plymouth, Bobbi Clark, WATD News.
