NESTLED IN A FLOWING CREEK BENEATH HEAVILY-TRAVELED INTERSTATE 480 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, a deteriorating 11 -ft diameter culvert posed a risk to local infrastructure, as well as public safety. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District's Storm-water Inspection and Maintenance (SWIM) inspectors were called out to investigate flooding at a tributary to the Rocky River, located on the west side of Cuyahoga County. "Following the inspection, we determined that the culvert carrying these flows had collapsed and we immediately initiated an emergency pumping contract to bypass the culvert and direct flows around the culvert collapse," said James Jones, Jr., P. E., collection systems construction manager with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD). In May 2017, NEORSD initiated a design-build request, known as the Emerald Parkway Culvert Repair, between the engineering firm of North-ville, Michigan-based NTH Consultants Ltd., and Columbus, Ohio-based contractor Turn-Key Tunneling Inc. The Emerald Parkway Culvert Repair Project was funded by a stormwater program started several years ago by NEORSD to address stormwater issues.
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