Bypass Construction for Michigan Sinkhole Repair Completed

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, file photo, a construction worker walks by a home collapsed by a sinkhole, in Fraser, Mich. Deep down inside the sinkhole's crumbled concrete and dirt is a busted sewage line that's expected to costs tens of millions of dollars and months to repair. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Construction of the bypass for a sewer line that collapsed Christmas Eve and caused a massive sinkhole in Fraser, Michigan has been completed.

“That bypass has now been essentially completed in the last couple of days,” said Candice Miller, Macomb County Public Works Commissioner. “We are now running all of the sewage through the bypass. It’s no longer going through the collapsed interceptor.”

Miller also said that repairs to the sewer line, which requires digging for a repair shaft, are currently underway and expected to take about two months.

Once finished, the shaft will be approximately 300 feet long, 30 feet wide and 60 feet deep.

During construction, crews will build a cage around the broken pipe, enabling them to remove the line and install a new one.

The total cost of the repairs is estimated to be $75 million.

Related News

From Archive

Comments

{{ error }}
{{ comment.comment.Name }} • {{ comment.timeAgo }}
{{ comment.comment.Text }}