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Beginning Monday, March 24:
We will have two active construction zones – the existing one just east of the entrance to Louisville Turners and a new zone near the Louisville Boat Club and the intersection of River Road and Blankenbaker Lane.
- If you are trying to access Thurman-Hutchins Park, Cox Park, Different Strokes, Louisville Islamic Center, or Louisville Boat Club, please access River Road from Indian Hills Trail.
- If you are trying to access River Road west of Louisville Turners, please use River Road at Zorn Avenue or Mockingbird Valley Road. To access Louisville Turners from River Road, use Zorn Avenue or Mockingbird Valley Road.
- If you are trying to access the Riviera Neighborhood (Riverside Drive, W Riverside Drive, E Riverside Drive, Riviera Drive) , please use Blankenbaker Lane.
Louisville Water is starting a project to improve the reliability of our infrastructure.
Louisville Water’s filtration process produces residual solids that must be removed from the treatment plant. The residual line is the pipeline that takes the residuals from the Crescent Hill Water Treatment Plant to lagoons at our B. E. Payne Water Treatment Plant in Prospect. The system is critical to daily water production at Crescent Hill. The current line, built in 1971, is reaching the end of its useful life, so we are building two new lines for increased redundancy.
The project runs along Reservoir Avenue from our plant in Crescent Hill down Zorn Avenue, along River Road from Zorn Avenue to Transylvania Avenue, and along Transylvania Avenue to our property at the B.E. Payne Water Treatment Plant. The plan includes the installation of dual 24-inch residual lines.
In order to maintain the safety of the public and our crews, it will be necessary to close sections of River Road during construction of these mains. The construction along River Road will occur in four work zones. Only one work zone at a time will be closed.
Starting March 10, the first work zone along River Road will be closed to thru traffic from Zorn Avenue to Blankenbaker Lane (maps below). Detours will allow access to homes and businesses. When construction is completed in each work zone, the road will be paved and reopened as we move east.
Please click on the below maps for a larger view.
What: Infrastructure reliability improvements – new residual line construction
When: Beginning March 2025
Where: Along Reservoir Avenue from our treatment plant in Crescent Hill down Zorn Avenue and along River Road from Zorn Avenue to Transylvania Avenue and along Transylvania Avenue to our B.E. Payne Water Treatment Plant in Prospect
Why: Improve overall system reliability
- You will not lose water service during construction.
- We will provide regular updates via our dedicated project webpage LouisvilleWater.com/ResidualLineProject and our social media channels.
- If you have any questions, please contact Project Engineer Dakotah DeRoche at (502) 212-5337 or via email at dderoche@LouisvilleWater.com.