WALSH / SUPER EXCAVATORS JV
Lake Erie is a precious resource for the cities that surround it – but with rising pollution and contamination from outdated sewer systems , the lake and its communities were in trouble . The Ohio-based city of Lorain is one of the lake-lining cities that the US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) has tasked with cleaning up its sewer systems to help clean up the lake , and it employed Walsh Construction and Super Excavators to help make it happen . The joint venture ’ s Black River Tunnel project is currently underway , and its completion signals a brighter future
for Lorain and for Lake Erie .
An Ambitious Project “ The problem right now is that currently , when there are rain events , the city of Lorain has a lot of stormwater intrusion into its sanitary system , which in turn causes the sewers to flood along with basements and streets ,” explains Walsh Construction project manager Mark Hedrick . “ That becomes a big cleanup , and a health hazard as well .”
The Black River Tunnel project is an estimated $ 65 million endeavor aiming to correct this problem by
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