Work is scheduled to begin this week to rehabilitate downtown sewers, a system for which the original sewer was built in the 1800s.

The initial work, which is the first of three phases of the sewer rehabilitation project, begins on Tuesday Nov. 4 and is expected to last three weeks. Central Row will be closed eastbound during these hours ; however, businesses and sidewalks will stay open for pedestrians.

Vehicular traffic eastbound on Central Row “will be detoured around the closure during this time period,” according to the MDC. See the detour map.

The project is by The Metropolitan District and its contractors, VMS Construction and Insituform Technologies, and all three phases are expected to be completed by next spring.

In all, the project is expected to last several months in

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