John from Englewood writes, “What’s driving you crazy? Hi Jayson. What is going on, on Hampden Avenue between Downing & Logan? They’ve been doing construction there for 2 or 3 years making it very difficult to access Swedish & Craig Hospital as well as the medical buildings in that same area. Why is it taking so long to get things done?”

The City of Englewood put it this way, Old Hampden needed some love, both above and below ground. Many of the Englewood’s fresh water and stormwater pipes were built in the 1950’s and are nearing the end of their useful life resulting in what the city says are too numerous water main breaks and stormwater-related flooding events. So after the city identified the replacement and upgrade of the stormwater system along Old Hampden as one of the top critical

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