‘Progress’ on West Wooster, but work will continue through summer … – Sentinel-Tribune

Work on West Wooster Street will continue through the summer. (Debbie Rogers | Sentinel-Tribune)

By Peter Kuebeck

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Utilities work which has affected West Wooster Street since last year will continue this summer.

Theyre going to continue to do their work on the sewer, said Public Infrastructure Director Brian OConnell. They continue to make progress. Theyve got to get the sewer down to Church Street and then theyve got to come back and theres a little bit of work yet to do on Haskins Road.

There is also work involving a trunk sewer which goes north on Meeker Street and flows to the wastewater treatment plant.

So theyre going to finish up the sewer work, maybe late July, early August timeframe, OConnell said.

Afterward, there will be work to pave Wooster from Church Street west, and then paving on Haskins Road to north of Poe Road and to the city limits.

OConnell said that previous work in the area on a water line is completed, and the sewer work currently being undertaken involves consolidating multiple older sewers into one new, larger sewer.

It will simplify our operations and maintenance in the area, well have a brand new sewer to service the entire area and just be easier for us to maintain overall, he said.

With the new water and sewer lines, OConnell said, there shouldnt be issues with leaking pipes or old clay tiles falling apart.

Were trying to solve a few issues with this project, he said.

OConnell noted that the city has delayed some road work projects on Pearl Street and the Wallace Avenue area due to the West Wooster project, so as not to cause any additional issues for drivers.

He also said that other neighborhood paving projects wont be an issue.

The other paving projects, I think theyre going to be more in the residential neighborhoods and those are more isolated to those specific neighborhoods, he said.

With the roundabout under construction currently at Campbell Hill Road, Alumni Drive and East Wooster Street, OConnell said that while people traveling across town would be impacted by both projects, they arent impacting one another.

Theyre two different contractors, two different projects. Campbell Hill is far enough away from Church Street that they dont really impact each other from a disruption standpoint, from my standpoint at least, he said. But overall the two projects are fairly well separated that they dont seem to be causing an impact on each other or issues with traffic heading one way or the other.

I think when its done, it will be a big improvement for just traffic flow and navigating the area in general, OConnell said of the roundabout.

The $3.2 million West Wooster project was included in the 2022 budget and is being paid for from the citys water and sewer capital improvement funds.

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