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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
Soapstone sewer-related manhole work will close part of Albemarle Street for two months
by Marlene Berlin A portion of Albemarle Street east of Connecticut Avenue will close for two months while DC Water completes the final and “most difficult” phase of its two-year Soapstone Valley sewer rehabilitation project. DC Water explained the remaining sewer work during a special ANC 3F meeting on Tuesday, June 4th. Soapstone project manager […]
Three dozen manholes lead to the Soapstone sewers. Meet the crew tasked with refitting them.
by Marlene Berlin On one of my recent walks, I came upon a crew working on a manhole near the Soapstone Valley trailhead at Broad Branch Road. I struck up a conversation with one of the men, and asked him about the work they were doing. That’s how I met Pedro Couto, the founder of […]
Soapstone sewer project updates: UV curing approved; Questions about wood chips; The area’s other reconstruction project
UV is a go. DC Water has DC Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE) approval to complete the final sections of the Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project in a different way: using UV to harden the pipe’s new liner. The bulk of the relining work used hot water to cure the resin liner. DC Water […]
Community input made a difference in the Soapstone sewer project
by Marlene Berlin They really do hear us. On February 29th, DC Water CEO and General Manager David Gadis testified at the agency’s annual performance oversight hearing. His prepared remarks, submitted to the DC Council Committee on Transportation and the Environment, included the Soapstone Valley sewer relining project. “We have worked hand in hand with […]
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