Repairs To Aging Port Washington Sewers To Begin Next Week

PORT WASHINGTON, NY — Sewer repairs are planned next week in Manorhaven, and local business owners and residents should expect traffic delays, detours and water disruptions — including with their toilets.

Work will begin Monday, Oct. 28, on the first phase of a sewer restoration project along parts of Manorhaven Boulevard, the village said in a fall 2019 flier distributed to neighbors over the weekend.

Overnight work will begin in the commercial areas of Manorhaven Boulevard, from Shore Road to Dunwood Road. The village warned it might get noisy, but most of the work-related sounds should be far enough away from homes so as not to disturb sleeping residents.

As work progresses further into residential neighborhoods, the work will be completed during the day.

"There will be water service interruptions at all locations during construction," the flier said, noting this includes toilets.

En-Tech Corp., the contractor performing the work, will alert neighbors before the work starts. Work schedules will also be posted on the village's website.

"Expect some traffic delays with possible detours," the village said.

In July, the village signed off on issuing two bonds totaling nearly $1 million to pay for repairs and upgrades to the aging sewer system. A $700,000 bond was to pay for installing new sewer linings and repairing 4,400 feet of pipes along Manorhaven Boulevard and Inwood Road. The $250,000 bond was to cover cleaning and inspections leading up to the repairs.

Officials previously told Newsday the sewer pipes are 60 years old and have operated well past their expected life. Lines have to be repaired to prevent blockages and preserve the sewer system.

Gary Pagano, former village mayor who left in 1998, said the sewer and roads were "woefully inadequate" for the dense area.

"The system is just overtaxed," he told the newspaper. "It's overused. It was never built to accommodate the number of people that it’s now forced to accommodate. With the overcrowding in the village, the population growth, we’ve really pushed our luck."

Patch has reached out to the village for more details and will update when we hear back.