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Redmond Blasts Into East Side Sewer Project

REDMOND, OR -- Crews blasted through solid rock in northeast Redmond, Friday, in the beginning stages of the East Side Sewer Interceptor project. City Engineer Mike Caccavano tells KBND News the work is necessary to install 8500-feet of sewer line. Although, he admits most of the work won't be done through blasting, due to the proximity to the railroad tracks and Highway 97. "They’ll start digging; they’re going to be working between Oak and Maple, is the first stretch, here. But, it goes all the way, eventually, down as far south as Evergreen."

 

That line will then connect directly with the treatment plant at the north end of the Dry Canyon. "We have a lot of vacant industrial land. And, if that develops, we’re going to overtax that interceptor down in the Dry Canyon. So, this is intercepting all those lines and bringing it straight to the treatment plant that has lots of capacity, and we’ll be well positioned for industrial development on the east side."
 
Caccavano says the area has hundreds of acres of available industrial land, "We weren’t pushing the capacity on the interceptor yet. That would probably be easily 10-20 years out, depending on what the development is. But, if someone comes in and they’re ready to go, we want to be ready to go, as well."
 

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