PWSA Contractors will Restore 10th Street Sinkhole as Construction Resumes

Work will be completed under cost share agreement with City of Pittsburgh

 

Pittsburgh, PA – On Monday, May 18th, The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) will mobilize construction crews from Independent Enterprises, Inc. to complete remaining work to reopen 10th Street, between Penn Avenue and Liberty Avenue. This work is a result of a large sinkhole that collapsed in late October 2019, damaging underlying infrastructure, one Port Authority Transit bus, and a vehicle. The street has been closed to pedestrian and car traffic to-date. Street restoration work will be done under a cost-share agreement with the City of Pittsburgh, who will share in the final cost of restoration of the street. Work will include:

  • Telecommunications contractors repairing damaged conduit
  • Back-filling sinkhole with stone 
  • Installing granite curbs 
  • Rebuilding two catch basins
  • Reconstructing damaged sidewalks 
  • Installing tree boxes 
  • Installing and repainting new stamped concrete cross-walks 

Construction crews will work from 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday until work is complete. Work is anticipated to be completed with the street reopened to traffic in late June, weather pending.