(Washington, DC) – DC Water and its contractor, Corman Construction, will be completing road realignment work at the DC Clean Rivers Main Pumping Station Diversions Project site on Monday, January 5, 2015, weather permitting. This work will involve shifting traffic lanes on Tingey Street, SE. More specifically, the parking lane on the north side of Tingey Street between New Jersey Avenue, SE and 3rd Street, SE will be converted to a travel lane in order to maintain two-way traffic along this portion of the roadway.

“No-Parking” signs will be placed along the north side Tingey Street parking lane, and these signs will be in effect 7 days per week, 24 hours, beginning January 5. Parking in this portion of Tingey Street will be prohibited through the duration of the project (until summer 2017).

Immediately upon completion of the road realignment work, the contractor will also need to extend the construction staging fence on Tingey Street approximately 20 feet north. While pedestrian access on Tingey Street will be maintained, pedestrian traffic immediately surrounding the work area will be detoured, as needed.

Important Information
* The parking lane located in the north side of Tingey Street, SE between New Jersey Avenue, SE and 3rd Street, SE will be converted to a travel lane through the duration of this project. Parking on this portion of Tingey Street will be prohibited.
* Pedestrian access on Tingey Street will be maintained, but pedestrian traffic immediately surrounding the work area will be detoured, as needed.
* Delays within the vicinity of the project area are anticipated.
* There will be no work performed on Federal holidays.

Temporary traffic signs have been set up throughout the area to alert motorists and pedestrians to the upcoming lane shift. To keep everyone safe, motorists should stay alert and obey the posted speed limits when traveling through this area.

Project Details
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is implementing the DC Clean Rivers Project for the District’s combined sewer system which comprises a system of tunnels and diversion sewers for the capture of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to Rock Creek and the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers for treatment at DC Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. The entire project will reduce CSOs annually by 96 percent throughout the system and by 98 percent for the Anacostia River alone.

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About DC Water
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 George’s counties in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia.

DC Water’s service area covers approximately 725 square miles and the utility operates the world’s 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.

Please visit dcwater.com/cleanrivers for more information on the DC Clean Rivers Project.