PROJECT UPDATES – May 2023

--Utility Work to Begin--

HRSD, your regional wastewater treatment utility, will begin work to install a sanitary sewer pipeline along River Creek Road as part of the Great Bridge Boulevard Sanitary Sewer Improvements project. This work should take place primarily between the hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Friday.

CHESAPEAKE – HRSD crews will be performing utility repair work on Great Bridge Boulevard near the intersection of Battlefield Boulevard beginning Friday, May 5, at 9:00 p.m. and lasting up to 24 hours. This work will require a reduction in travel lanes to safely perform the required repairs, so motorists may experience travel delays in the area during work hours.

CHESAPEAKE – HRSD crews will be performing utility inspection and maintenance work on N. George Washington Highway near the intersection of Canal Drive beginning Tuesday, April 25, at 8:00 p.m. and lasting up to 12 hours. This work will require a closure of the northbound travel lanes on N. George Washington Highway. Northbound traffic will be directed to use the inside southbound lane for travel as indicated on the map below.

CHESAPEAKE – HRSD has received the Army Corps of Engineers Incident Report detailing the Friday, March 11, 2023 incident that resulted in an HRSD 20-inch cast iron force main becoming compromised and discharging 2.5 million gallons of wastewater into the canal at the Great Bridge Lock.

PROJECT UPDATES – March 2023

CHESAPEAKE - HRSD was notified Friday evening that a tug boat in the vicinity of the Great Bridge Lock had compromised an HRSD 20-inch cast iron force main with its anchor. HRSD operations crews immediately located and isolated the section of pipe under the canal and successfully diverted wastewater flows to stop the leak.

CHESAPEAKE – HRSD crews will be performing utility repair work on Great Bridge Boulevard near the intersection of Battlefield Boulevard beginning Friday, March 10, at 9:00 p.m. and lasting up to 24 hours. This work will require a reduction in travel lanes to safely perform the required repairs, so motorists may experience travel delays in the area during work hours.