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A rumbling journey of more than 18,000 feet is nearing completion. As of 9:00 this evening, the yellow box in the map above is the live location of Mackenzie, the tunnel boring machine digging our Euclid Creek Tunnel 200 feet under Cleveland. The shaft visible at the end of...
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Construction of the Euclid Creek Tunnel will impact eastbound and westbound traffic along St. Clair Avenue near East 185 St. beginning next week. St. Clair Ave. between East 185 St. and Neff Rd. will be closed to through traffic—eastbound and westbound—beginning Tuesday, August 13 for 90 days. This closure...
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Many Americans take the train or ride an elevator to work. These, however, are a bit more unconventional. WKYC’s Chris Tye visited our Euclid Creek Tunnel shaft site at Nine Mile Creek last week, and Bob Auber, Doug Gabriel, and Kellie Rotunno took him on a journey few people...
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Mackenzie’s knocking on Lake Erie’s door. The tunnel boring machine that is digging our Euclid Creek Tunnel project—an 18,000-foot journey 200 feet under Cleveland’s east side—is named Mackenzie. And in a few short weeks, the bed of Lake Erie will be 160 feet above her head. The photo above...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd So we have survived the predictions of the apocalypse, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t important endings and beginnings to talk about. Here are just a few of our more-certain 2013 predictions as we take a moment to prophesy: Stormwater program will begin, problems will continue being addressed As...
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Three significant items were discussed at today’s Board of Trustees meeting, all of which showed signs of big things to come. Our regional stormwater management program language, known as Title V was approved by Trustees with plans to implement the program beginning in...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The phrase “t_rd reduction” might be awkward in a headline, but it’s the way yesterday’s beach report and our efforts to monitor and improve water quality came up in drive-time talk radio yesterday. Hear for yourself: WMMS’s Alan Cox Show spent a few segments on the topic yesterday afternoon....
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd 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...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd 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...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd 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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