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Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Shoreline Storage Tunnel

A breakthrough on the CSO storage tunnel serving the Lake Erie shoreline, with commissioning on track.

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Shoreline Storage Tunnel

The Shoreline Storage Tunnel reached a significant milestone this month as the TBM broke through at the eastern shaft.

The 3.5-mile tunnel will capture and store combined sewer overflows before they reach Lake Erie, treating a peak flow of more than 200 million gallons per day. Our teams provided tunnel design, shaft engineering and ongoing construction management through a ground model that handled a variable glacial till profile.

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