Mortimer Is on the Move!
November 22, 2011
This picture was taken from inside one of the seven 35-ft deep shafts dug for the project. The six tunnel runs were completed by a microtunneling boring machine (MTBM) and totaled 4,253 ft — 1,328 ft of 48-in. tunnel and 2,925 ft of 42-in. tunnel — with each run ranging from 300 ft to more than 1,000 ft. The project, which is a major upgrade to the sanitary sewer system in Akron, is estimated to be completed in spring 2012.