Illinois American Water’s work to separate the Alton combined sewer system
and install new sanitary sewers continues.
Below is information about the upcoming week’s road closures – Sept. 20, 2021.
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Piasa Valley Area: Market Street will continue to be closed north of Broadway Avenue. Brick restoration work has begun but will take several weeks. The intersection of 3rd Street and Market is closed, with restoration work anticipated to be completed soon. Southbound Market Street, from 3rd Street, is still open to traffic.
As work progresses north, Market Street will be closed north to 4th Street.
Turner Tract Area: Lincoln Street from the intersection at McPherson north to McKinley Blvd will be closed. As the work progresses north, the intersection of Lincoln Street and McKinley Blvd will be closed. Work is planned both east and west of Lincoln Street on McKinley Blvd. This work will start soon. This will limit traffic on McKinley Blvd to local traffic only. No thru traffic will be allowed. Traffic will be able to utilize
Logan Street and Douglas Street for east and west travel.
Road Closures
Shields Valley Area: Bozza street is closed near the intersection of Chamberlin Street. Chamberlin Street is closed north of Bozza Street to Greenwood Street. Restoration work is starting on Bozza Street, and weather dependent, should be completed in the next week or two.
Background: Over six miles of sanitary sewer main is being installed in the Turner Tract, Shields Valley and Piasa Valley areas of Alton. Work kicked off in February 2021 and will continue to progress until 2023.
When Illinois American Water acquired the Alton Regional Wastewater system the company made a
commitment to address requirements set forth by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to remedy combined sewer overflows.
The projects in Turner Tract and Shields Valley will address 1.69 miles of sanitary sewer main.
These projects will continue into early 2022, depending on the location.
Project area will change based on progress of work. Signs will be placed ahead of
construction work to notify customers of upcoming closures.
The work in Piasa Valley began this spring
This project includes almost five miles of sanitary sewer main.
Work is expected to continue for over two years.
This does not mean work will occur in one area for 24 months, but rather, projects will continue to progress throughout neighborhoods during that time period. Signs will be placed ahead of construction to notify customers of upcoming closures.
Safety: These closures are necessary for investments to the wastewater system to be completed in a safe manner.
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