Starting in March 2022, the signs above greeted people at the Soapstone Valley trailhead on Albemarle Street. DC Water closed the park for a sewer rehabilitation and stream restoration project that it initially expected to last one and a half years. Four years later, the project is complete, and DC Water is throwing a party […]
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Albemarle Street reopening is the latest Soapstone sewer project milestone
Now open: Albemarle Street east of Connecticut Avenue, for the first time since a major DC Water closed the section of roadway to vehicle traffic in September 9th, 2024. Tuesday’s reopening was one of the final and largest steps toward completion of the Soapstone Valley sewer rehabilitation project. Last week, road crews repaved and repainted […]
A ‘significant milestone’ in DC Water’s Soapstone sewer project, but completion is still weeks away
The Soapstone Valley sewer rehabilitation project has taken a big and “important step” toward completion. “We are pleased to share that the Soapstone project has reached a significant milestone with the successful [September 26th] installation of Shot #10, the final segment of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP),” wrote DC Water on October 2nd. “This achievement marks an […]
ANC 3F September 16 agenda: No Soapstone sewer update (!); Reno Road crossings, DC Home Rule
They’re back. ANC 3F returns from its August break to its regularly scheduled meetings on the third Tuesday of the month. And the commission’s next meeting, on September 16th, is the first one in a long time without DC Water and the Soapstone Valley sewer project on the agenda. Not that the project is complete, […]
Soapstone sewer project latest: Hard work in hard rock, and an “illegal” sewer pipe
by Marlene Berlin In what is being described as tedious and labor-intensive work, DC Water contractors are removing layers of hard rock at the bottom of a manhole they are trying to excavate to 42 feet. They hit the rock at 30 feet and as of August 22nd, were halfway through. The manhole in question […]
The latest timeline for completing the Soapstone sewer project and reopening Albemarle Street
The DC Water work site at 32nd and Albemarle Street’s has gone quiet again after a few days of noisy work in mid-May. Clark Construction was drilling and pile driving to shore up and stabilize the street around a manhole that’s about to be excavated and replaced. DC Water says Clark has completed the job. […]
The “closed” Soapstone Trail segment is actually closed now as sewer work resumes
For several weeks, with the DC Water Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project on pause, the Soapstone Park trailhead at Albemarle Street was closed in name only. Dog walkers, hikers and runners were able to easily slip through an opening in the chain link fence. But with the work starting up again, more of an effort has […]
DC Water is getting ready to make some noise at the Albemarle Street sewer project site
DC Water has placed sound-proofing materials around its Albemarle Street/Soapstone sewer work site. So what’s it for? At some point soon, the contractors expanding and replacing a too-small manhole just east of Connecticut Avenue will be making a lot of noise. The work will involve drilling and pile driving. That is actually more complicated than […]
Albemarle at 32nd St. to close Sept. 9 for final Soapstone Valley sewer work
DC Water, now with permit in hand, has announced the start date for the final phase of the Soapstone Valley sewer rehabilitation project: Monday, September 9th. On that day, Albemarle Street between Connecticut Avenue and 32nd Street NW will close to vehicle traffic, and DC Water says it will remain closed for the following six […]
New digital signs warn of upcoming Albemarle Street closure for final Soapstone sewer work
On Monday, August 19th, four of these digital signs appeared in the neighborhood: This one is on Albemarle Street, west of Connecticut Avenue at 35th Street. And it is difficult to read in the afternoon sun, but the sign’s message is alternating between “Upcoming Road Closure” and “Albe. Street.” The sign is referring to DC […]
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