HRSD, your regional wastewater treatment utility, is planning a project in your neighborhood to replace the existing HRSD sanitary sewer pipelines that are nearing the end of their useful life. This replacement project will also improve the system’s performance and ensure continued, reliable sewer service in the future. The answers to some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are provided here.

Project Overview

HRSD is undertaking a project to replace the sanitary sewer pipeline along Chesapeake Boulevard between Cromwell Drive and Robin Hood Road. This effort will improve performance and reliability within HRSD’s sanitary sewer system. A guided auger bore will be used to install the new sewer pipeline underneath the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The auger bore allows for installation without cutting open the railroad/surface above it. The remainder of the new sewer pipeline will be installed in a trench, meaning pavement cutting and excavation will be necessary to install the new pipe. Pavement restoration of the roadways affected by installation of the sewer pipe will occur once the sewer installation is complete. The existing sewer pipe will not be needed once the new sewer pipe is installed; it will be abandoned in place without disturbing the ground above.

Project Schedule
Staging: January 2024
Construction:  Early 2024 – Summer 2025
Restoration: Immediately following construction when seasonably appropriate

You also may visit https://www.hrsd.com/chesapeake-boulevard-sewer-replacement for additional information and project updates.

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about the project, please feel free to contact Lisa Bolen, HRSD Public Information Specialist, at 757.460.7000 or LBolen@hrsd.com.

Thank you for your support of this effort to help achieve HRSD's vision: Our communities will have clean waterways and reliable water resources for generations to come.