Lane/Road Closures On and Around Bingham Drive NW
Traffic Advisory
Lane/Road Closures On and Around Bingham Drive NW
(Washington, DC) DC Water will perform geotechnical borings on Bingham Drive NW, on Oregon Avenue NW and on Beach Drive NW as part of its Sanitary Sewer Replacement project.
The geotechnical borings are scheduled to start on April 15, 2015 until April 30, 2015 with phased closure of travel lanes on subject streets to allow access to area manholes during this work. Daily hours of operation will be from 9:30am until 3:30pm, Monday through Friday.
Important Information:
Bingham Drive NW will be temporarily closed from April 15, 2015 until April 30th, 2015
There will be lane closures in portions of Oregon Avenue NW and Beach Drive NW to facilitate the boring activities. Traffic detour signs will be placed accordingly.
Flaggers will be on-site to direct motorists during lane and road closures.
Delays within the vicinity of the project area are anticipated.
Minimal work may be performed on weekends or public holidays.
Temporary traffic signs will be set up throughout the area to alert motorists to the upcoming closures. To keep everyone safe, motorists should stay alert and obey the posted speed limits when travelling through this area. DC Water is working closely with NPS and DDOT to ensure minimal disruption during this work.
Project Details
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) implemented the Sewer Life Restoration Program (SLRP) to monitor, inspect, maintain, repair, and replace defective infrastructure within the Districts wastewater collection system. The goal of this program is to add 50 years to the service life of sewers by rehabilitating the mainline pipes, manholes, and lateral connections as necessary.
About DC Water
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), is an industry leading multi-jurisdictional regional utility that provides drinking water, wastewater collection and treatment to 600,000 residential, commercial and governmental customers in the District of Columbia, 17.8 million annual visitors and also collects and treats wastewater for 1.6 million customers in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia.
DC Waters service area covers approximately 725 square miles and the company operates the worlds largest advanced wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 370 million gallons per day and a peak capacity of 1.076 billion gallons per day.
