JXN Water issued the following statement.
JXN Water crews will be doing work on West Fortification Street between Woodrow Wilson Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive starting today. This will cause road closures and detours for an estimated two months during construction starting sometime between Friday, August 4 and Monday, August 7.
The following roads will be closed while crews work on the project:
- West Fortification Street, between Woodrow Wilson Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
- North Prentiss Street, between Capers Street and West Fortification
- Longino Street, between Capers Street and Campbell Street
- The intersection of West Fortification and Watson Street
The recommended detour for northbound traffic is to use Bailey Avenue to West Monument Street to West Capitol Street then go to Parkside Place to connect to Bullard Street and vice versa for southbound traffic. View a map of detours and road closures for the project online:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/
Customers can call 601-500-5200 to ask any questions about the project or how their commute may change during construction.
This project supports efforts to improve water service to south Jackson and has the following infrastructure benefits for JXN Water customers in central Jackson neighborhoods:
- Point repairs to existing leaks west of Prentiss Street
- A 20” inch main replacement from Prentiss Street to Palmyra Street
- Repairs to a long-standing leak near Town Creek
- Boring for a new 20” crossing under the railroad at Thompson Street/MMC Materials concrete yard
- Repairs to a collapsed sewer main on Prentiss Street
- A street reconstruction at the Prentiss and Fortification intersection
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About JXN Water
JXN Water is committed to providing safe, reliable drinking water and collecting and cleaning wastewater before it returns to our local waterways. Customers can continue to call the new JXN Water customer call center at 601-500-5200 at any time, any day, seven days a week to connect with staff who can check on their account, help them establish new service and resolve issues quickly and directly.
JXN Water is the Mississippi corporation formed for the appointed Interim Third-Party Manager to achieve the objectives of the federal stipulated orders that re-establish the utility’s operations and maintenance functions for the entire water system. For more information, visit JXNwater.com.
17 comments:
Now that’s a presser 😎
WTF? I can't find one "right?" anywhere.
And..... the link to JxnWater.com does not work.
Thanks Ted!
My new water meter was installed this week, along with many others in south Jackson. I look forward to the end of 'estimated' water bills. I also look forward to the 45% of freeloading water users being made to help pay for the highly needed repairs and maintenance. Good job.
I bet those roads will be closed at least a year.
Real professionals are at the wheel now. Very soon Chuck will be calling them racist for whatever reason his tiny racist brain can come up with.
With this level of execution Lumumba can kiss off EVER getting his greedy incompetent mitts back on water and sewer.
Hopefully the saggy bottom boys will let the workers do their job unmolested and bullet-free
No video press release, no flailing of hands, no blaming other people, no saying “right” 50-11 times….some may not know how to comprehend.
No excuses. Just solutions.
How major is it? Who is contractor? Was it advertised for bid? How much is it costing? Taxpayer money you know! Or maybe they borrowed from China.
8:42
Thank you for “saggy bottom boys”. I will put that in my vocabulary. Their hit song “I Am The Man of Constant Complaining” will be in my playlist.
It’s racist to Ladumba because two qualified, highly paid white people are in charge who don’t have to answer to him.
Woodrow Wilson at Northwest Street today looks like a big water line repair job. I was informed that the sink hole on Pleasant Avenue behind Galloway School would not be fixed for months because it’s a part of a major sewer failure that extends across Woodrow Wilson. Seems more water/sewer leaks than there are competent contractors.
@10:19 - it does not have to go to bid. This is part of a major response to an emergency - declared by the state and the federal governments - and part of the solution it to not waste months and months dealing with government red tape in getting contracts in place to do the work. It does not matter if it is “major” or not - it is just work that needs to be done to get the system back to good.
///25:21 - That is not a contractor issue. That is a sewer vs. drinking water issue. At this point, Jackson is still in charge of the sewer repair - or it looks that way, given that the order putting Ted in charge of sewer is out for public comment. Once Ted takes over sewer, you should start seeing some repairs (there is a list of priority repairs attached to the proposed federal court order). But if you are waiting on the City to fix the sewer failure, “months” is not even a reasonable estimate. The City won’t fix it. Period.
there's no www on their URL
jxnwater.com
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