Work is underway to repair portions of a pipe that runs from the Pike Creek to the Kenosha harbor. Menominee Falls-based Super Excavators, Inc. was awarded the $5.
6 million contract to replace a portion of a multi-plate sewer pipe on the city’s east side. Work is underway in Downtown Kenosha to replace a portion of a multi-plate sewer pipe on the city’s east side. Crews are constructing a temporary cofferdam in the HarborPark promenade to help control the flow of water while they work on replacing part of the multi-plate sewer to the west.
A cofferdam is a temporary watertight enclosure built within a body of water to allow an enclosed area to be pumped dry, creating a dry working space for construction. The multi-plate system will extend from 13th Court to Lake Michigan, according to City Administrator John Morrissey. Menominee Falls-based Super Excavators, Inc.
was awarded the $5.6 million contract. Most of the work is expected to be completed by the end of the year, according to senior civil engineer Kim Masura.
She said water from the Pike Creek flows through pipes and out into the harbor. The project includes removal of existing corrugated metal multi-plate storm sewer pipe, and construction of new box culvert and manhole structure. “That pipe was installed in the 1950s and we call it the multi-plate because it is several pieces of corrugated metal sheets that were bolted together to make a giant pipe,” Masura said.
“This metal pipe has been in the ground for 7.