Wastewater line upgrades to affect traffic through mid-July at southeast Pueblo intersection

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- You can already see the early stages of a wastewater improvement project on the south side of the entrance to Confluence Park.

That section of the park is closed off, with construction equipment operating, and what appear to be long pipe segments are stretched out nearby.

Pueblo's Wastewater Department is investing nearly $8 million to place liners inside two existing concrete mains that will cross under a fairly busy intersection at Stockyard Road and La Crosse Avenue, a block south of the city limits.

Officials said that drivers should expect temporary traffic control closures or detours there until the project's expected completion in mid-July.

The pipe segments referred to above are actually the bypass line that will convey wastewater while the liners are installed in the existing mains.

The longest main will stretch more than a half-mile east to the treatment plant.

Crews also will work on several manholes along the main.

Stockyard Road is an industrial area, and La Crosse Avenue passes the park entrance and crosses where Fountain Creek flows into the Arkansas River.