Update December 7, 2023
On Monday, December 11, 2023, Hartman Road motorists will have one lane northbound from West Sherwood Terrace to Westover Road. The southbound lane will accommodate walkers, runners, and bicyclists due to the trail closure at that section of Foster Park. The temporary restriction is expected to last through the early summer of 2024.
Lane restrictions:
On Monday, December 11, 2023, Hartman Road motorists will have one lane northbound from West Sherwood Terrace to Westover Road. The southbound lane will accommodate walkers, runners, and bicyclists due to the trail closure at that section of Foster Park. The temporary restriction is expected to last through the early summer of 2024.
City Utilities is making the most significant investment in the history of our sewer system: a five-mile-long deep rock tunnel that will connect to neighborhoods with drop shafts and consolidation sewers to reduce combined sewer overflows from our rivers significantly.
The last phase of the work is to protect the St. Marys River and nearby neighborhoods. Work through the park and near Hartman Road begins this week.
We are now in the final three connecting projects to protect the Foster Park neighborhoods and connect to the tunnel. Work to construct a 72-inch sewer pipe and diversion structures through Foster Park and near Hartman Road began in November 2023.
The relief sewer will pull combined sewage from surrounding neighborhoods and transport the flow to the deep-rock sewer tunnel. This project will keep more than 25 million gallons of combined sewage out of the St. Mary’s River each year once it is completed and connected to the tunnel.