NEWPORT BEACH : Sewer Work Closes Part of Bayside Drive
The first phase of sewer-line construction for future city development began this week and will continue through July, closing a portion of Bayside Drive to through traffic.
The five-month project may pose an inconvenience to Newport Beach drivers who use Bayside Drive to avoid traffic on Coast Highway.
For the next three months, workers will be installing a 36-inch sewer line along Bayside Drive, beginning about 500 feet west of Jamboree Road and continuing east to the Sheriff’s Department Newport Harbor Patrol office at 1901 Bayside Drive, according to Tom Dawes, director of engineering for the Orange County Sanitation District. During that time, Bayside Drive will be open to residents only from Jamboree Road to the Harbor Patrol office.
On Monday, a monthlong project to tunnel under Coast Highway to Jamboree Road will begin at the intersection of Bayside Drive and Coast Highway. Coast Highway will remain open during the project.
During the tunneling, workers will take special precautions because of soil contamination, Dawes said.
“We have a very difficult installation, because there’s gasoline contamination in that soil,” he said. “It’s a very interesting job from an engineering standpoint.”
During June and July, sewer lines will be installed between Carnation and Marguerite avenues, again closing Bayside Drive to through traffic. However, the county has agreed to open Bayside Drive during some yachting events in May, Dawes said.
The final stretch of the project, which will involve laying lines along Coast Highway to the city’s southern boundary, will not begin until January, 1992. Closure of Bayside Dr North portion of Bayside Drive will be closed except to residents until the end of May Southern portion of Bayside Drive will be closed except to residents during June and July
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