Deep under Indianapolis, a massive machine is slowly chewing its way through the bedrock the city stands on. In its wake, a new tunnel system will provide relief from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) that have plagued the city.“DigIndy is a very large project that is going to include taking offline a number of CSOs that are currently located within the central part of Indianapolis,” says Tim Shutters, construction supervisor for Citizens Energy Group.Citizens, a utility service company providing natural gas, thermal energy, water and wastewater services to about 800,000 in central Indiana, began the project in 2012 and expects to
Project Snapshot: Digging Continues Under Indianapolis
DigIndy project aims to eliminate combined sewer overflows by building a series of tunnels with boring machine
Dec 28, 2015
| by Cory Dellenbach |
