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Water Main Break Emergency Repair at 151st Street and 88th Avenue - Payment
History
On Wednesday, November 14, 2018 staff responded to a water main break at 151st Street and 88th Avenue. At the same time, Utility Division staff was engaged in a water main break at another location. Village staff contacted Airy’s, Inc. of Tinley Park, Illinois to assist with the logistics of the repair due to its location. Airy’s started to excavate the north side of 151st Street to locate the water main break on Wednesday. The main was found and it was determined that the main break was somewhere under 151st Street within a steel casing. The additional excavation would require the closure of the entrance to Jerling and Liberty school. At that point in order to coordinate traffic control, motorist notification of lane closures, and eliminate disrupting school traffic, it was decided to schedule the repair for Saturday, November 17. On Thursday, November 15 and Friday, November 16, In preparation for the repair, Airy’s performed hydro excavations on both sides of 151st Street to expose the other end of the casing as well as the location of existing utilities. Due to the duration of the outage, a boil order was issued to the Chamber of Commerce building.
Airy’s hydro excavation work found that the steel casing did not extend across the entire width of 151st Street, likely due to the previous widening of the road. In order to appropriately complete the repair the entire length of main under 151st street was replaced with new ductile iron water main. Airy’s was able to complete the repair in a timely manner on Saturday, November 17 with minimal traffic disruption. Also, due to the unavailability of other Village contractors, Airy’s was asked to perform the asphalt restoration. The pavement was repaired on Wednesday, November 21, while school was off for the Thanksgiving Holiday, the next day. After receiving good water sample results, the boil order for the Chamber of...
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