Campus Road Closures

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Atlanta, GA | Posted: August 18, 2020

Contact

William Smith
Director, Georgia Tech Office of Emergency Management & Communications

Georgia Tech Police Department
965 Hemphill Ave NW

Atlanta, GA 30332
404-593-1030

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Ongoing water main repair temporarily causes road closures.

Summaries

Summary Sentence:

Campus Road Closures due to the continuing repair work on water main.

Full Summary:

Atlanta Watershed Management is continuing their emergency work to repair the broken 30" main at Hemphill & Ferst.

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  • Water Main repair work on Hemphill August road closures Water Main repair work on Hemphill August road closures
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The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management (DWM) is continuing emergency work to repair the broken 30" main at Hemphill Avenue and Ferst Drive. Worked paused during move-in, and DWM expects to have the latest work completed this week. The plan is to reconnect campus buildings to a newer water main and eventually abandon the 30" main, given its age and recurring issues.  

Affected Roads (see map):

  • Hemphill Avenue is closed to all inbound (southbound) traffic from 10th Street.
  • Hemphill Avenue is closed in both directions between Ferst Drive and 8th Street.
  • Outbound (northbound) traffic is permitted from 8th to 10th Street.
  • 9th Street is closed from Hemphill Avenue to Curran Street.
  • McMillan Street is closed between 9th and 8th Streets.

Timeline:

  • DWM expects to have work at Hemphill and Ferst completed by the end of the week.
  • DWM expects to have work around McMillan and 9th completed today.

Detouring:

  • To access campus from 10th Street, use State Street or Fowler Street.
  • West Campus is still accessible through 6th Street.

Water Impacts:

  • No further water service impacts are expected from this work, with the exception of a brief outage at 8th Street Apartments to transition to the new main.

 

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Facilities Management

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water main, road closure, Facilities-Notices
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  • Created By: cbrim3
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 18, 2020 - 5:11pm
  • Last Updated: Aug 19, 2020 - 8:06am