Frankford: We're conducting infrastructure site testing.
Dear Resident,
Let your neighbors know: Water Department contractors will be surveying the street and conducting geotechnical drilling work for possible green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) systems, and/or additional water/sewer work, in the Frankford Neighborhood.
Our contractors will be conducting ground condition tests within the area bounded by:
- Frankford Avenue
- Bulsteton Avenue
- Devereaux Avenue
- Cheltenham Avenue
This work is scheduled to take place over the next few months.
You received this alert because you live in 19124 and 19135 and are registered for Water Dept. updates.
What to expect: Residents living nearby may notice construction surveyors, markings on the pavement, and possible drilling in the right-of-way, such as on sidewalks. All drilling holes, roughly the size of a coffee can, will be patched shortly after testing.
This geotechnical fieldwork is being done to test the area's suitability for green infrastructure being created through Green City, Clean Waters. Some work may be loud or slightly disruptive. The Water Department and our contractors will strive to avoid any impacts on neighbors.
Questions? Concerns?
About Green Infrastructure
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Green stormwater infrastructure uses plants, trees, and stone to capture and filter stormwater.
- Survey and geotechnical fieldwork like the work planned for this area allows engineers to determine the best type of infrastructure for the area.
- Green systems can be found in neighborhoods across the city. They are part of Green City, Clean Waters. Philadelphia launched the 25-year infrastructure plan in 2011 to improve the health of our waterways.
- Today, green systems keep nearly 3 billion gallons of polluted runoff out of local rivers and creeks each year.
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