City DPU hosts public meeting for sewer replacement project impacting Libbie Avenue and Cary Street Road

The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities invites residents and commuters who utilize areas around Libbie Avenue and Cary Street Road to attend a public meeting to learn more about the sanitary sewer replacement project currently impacting traffic in the area.

The meeting is being held on Tuesday, February 28, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church’s large fellowship hall located at 6000 Grove Avenue. Work will occur in the 1st Council District along the 0 block of Libbie Avenue and the 5400-5500 block of Cary Street Road in the Stonewall Court and Lockgeen neighborhoods.

City officials and DPU project managers will provide details on the area’s sewer improvement project to replace deteriorating sewer mains which are at risk of imminent failure. The project scope, project plans, and traffic impacts will be discussed. The seven-month project, which started at the end of January, is broken up into three phases and is anticipated to be completed in August. Project work hours are scheduled from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday. Details of the project phases and anticipated timelines are as follows:

• Phase 1 – Duration: 6 weeks. 0 block of Libbie Avenue closed to thru traffic from Cary Street Road to Matoaka Road
• Phase 2 – Duration: 5 weeks. Cary Street Road is closed to thru traffic in both directions from Three Chopt Road to Tuckahoe Boulevard
• Phase 3 – Duration: 17 weeks. Eastbound lane of Cary Street Road closed to thru traffic from Three Chopt Road to Tuckahoe Boulevard

For more details about this project, visit the project page.