SARASOTA, Fla. - Crews in Sarasota are working to replace a major water main. Over the decades, they've seen problems with aging and breaks in the system.

It's a large-scale project that will have an impact on drivers.

What we know:

Along US-41 in Sarasota, crews are working carefully to install a new water main under the roadway.

"We designed this project three times to ensure that whatever we are doing now is the best we can offer," said Georges Nicolas, the utilities engineering manager for the City of Sarasota.

The project costs around $29 million and will replace aging infrastructure.

"The existing water main is eight-inch asbestos cement. Back in the day, in the 1960s, we started putting in nationwide and this is not unique to the City of Sarasota, this is all over the plac

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