Sewer repair on East Hartsdale Avenue to continue well into 2025

Two lanes of traffic will be maintained, but you’ll have to drive at a lower speed.

They’ve got you covered  Greenburgh will install a temporary sidewalk alongside the sewer repair area Hartsdale.

It seems like the sewer break repairs along East Hartsdale Avenue will never end. How much longer will it be before traffic stops bottlenecking there? Deep breaths: Expect the project to continue well into 2025. “The break occurred in the spring of this year. It’s a very complicated, expensive, and difficult repair. We’re working hard to minimize inconveniences and to address safety concerns,” said Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner.

Earlier this week the Greenburgh Town Board, along with Greenburgh’s commissioner of public works, traffic safety officer, building inspector, and others met with residents of the avenue. Together, they discussed the repairs as well as safety initiatives that will be put in place during the coming months. Some good news is that the contractor will install a temporary sidewalk in front of the construction area, providing a continuous pedestrian path on both sides of the street and eliminating the need for the current detour, which crosses the road.

Surveying will take place soon to collect data critical to finalizing the design and preparing construction drawings. Ideally, the drawings will completed over the next two months, followed by construction early next year. Construction will likely take four to five months to complete, and require the sidewalk be closed again for much of it. However, it is anticipated that two lanes of traffic will be maintained on East Hartsdale Avenue, minimizing traffic interruptions.

In order to maintain those lanes, both will be temporarily narrowed and the speed limit will be lowered. There will also still be occasional brief, single-lane closures to accommodate material deliveries. However, these will be scheduled at off-hours to minimize traffic snarls. Additional traffic and pedestrian safety measures, such as a crosswalk flashing beacon at Lewis Avenue, are being worked on.