STORMWATER: District attempts to settle program dispute with opposing parties

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• June 11th, 2012
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On June 7, 2012, the Sewer District filed a Report to the Court in the case of Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District vs. Bath Township, Ohio, et al. (CV-10-714945). In this report, the Sewer District officially responded and agreed to amend its Stormwater Management Code to make changes to...

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STORMWATER: Proposed stormwater-code revisions open for comment through July 10

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• June 8th, 2012
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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is proposing modifications to Title V, the section of the District’s Code of Regulations addressing the Regional Stormwater Management Program. These changes are made to bring Title V in compliance with Judge Pokorny’s Opinion dated February 15, 2012, to comply with the terms...

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CONSTRUCTION: Sewer project to close two lanes on Lakeshore Blvd.

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• June 6th, 2012
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Beginning this week, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will begin installation of a new sewer along Lakeshore Boulevard. This relief sewer, designed to reduce flooding in the area, will require temporary closure of two westbound lanes along Lakeshore Boulevard between East 156 Street and Sycamore Street. Drivers should...

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BY THE NUMBERS: Mackenzie’s a machine that’s anything but boring

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• June 1st, 2012
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Mackenzie is the name of the huge tunnel digger that will burrow the route of the Euclid Creek Tunnel, a major piece of our Project Clean Lake efforts. Here are some of the stats about the project and the equipment. About the Euclid Creek Tunnel The Euclid Creek Tunnel...

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EUCLID CREEK TUNNEL: Mackenzie prepares to make her three-mile journey

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• May 30th, 2012
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The cutterhead for Ohio’s largest tunnel boring machine, named “Mackenzie,” will begin its descent into Shaft 1 of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Euclid Creek Tunnel on Friday, June 1. That morning, public officials and local media professionals will visit the Sewer District’s construction site in Bratenahl for...

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CONSTRUCTION: Trenching work to begin along Lakeshore during week of June 4

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• May 25th, 2012
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Beginning the week of June 4, Sewer District contractors will begin the latest phase of Euclid Creek Tunnel construction along Lakeshore Boulevard from East 156th Street to Sycamore Street. The work includes open-cut construction methods in which a trench is dug along Lakeshore Boulevard, new sewer pipe is installed,...

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EUCLID CREEK TUNNEL: All you need to know in one easy pin

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• May 22nd, 2012
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Our Euclid Creek Tunnel is one of several huge projects underway on the east side of Cleveland. This image we posted on Pinterest has the latest information and a fine overview to give you the project basics. For copies of this information as a handy information card, send us...

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UPDATE: Sewer District assists in fish-kill investigation along Rocky River

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• April 25th, 2012
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“We’ll continue to work on this until we exhaust all our leads. We are working with other entities as well. Cleveland Metroparks, Ohio EPA, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, everyone is working together to try and figure this one out.” Sewer District Director of Watershed Programs Frank Greenland spoke...

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PROGRESS: Collinwood paper highlights Euclid Creek Tunnel plan, resident resources

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• April 24th, 2012
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The Collinwood Observer ran a feature on our Euclid Creek Tunnel earlier this month following a pair of neighborhood meetings about the project. As promised, we previously have shared a link about the tunnel’s construction along Lakeshore, but the map above is a better full-screen resolution for reference. Columnist...

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COMMENTS: Kind words from the classroom

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• April 23rd, 2012
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We love sharing clean-water fun with students of all ages, and we’re even more excited when classes share their experiences in return. Eighth-grade teacher Rachel Smith received some of our coloring books, posters, and pencils last month, and this morning we smiled reading her email: Thank you so much...

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