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Work to begin on sewer pipes beneath Main Street in downtown Springfield

The sewer pipes along the section of Main Street highlighted on this map will be relined. An excavation at Main and Court will result in lane reductions and parking restrictions.
Springfield Water and Sewer Commission
The sewer pipes along the section of Main Street highlighted on this map will be relined. An excavation at Main and Court will result in lane reductions and parking restrictions.

Existing sewer mains date from 1881

Officials are advising there could be traffic congestion in the center of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts for the next month because of construction.

The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission is planning to start this week a sewer pipe improvement project along Main Street between Court Street and State Street. The pipes date back to the late 1800’s.

There are already lane reductions and parking restrictions on other nearby downtown streets surrounding the construction site of the new civic center garage.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Springfield DPW Director Chris Cignoli.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.