Infrastructure Issues Uncovered at Strawberry Street

Significant infrastructure work has been taking place near Strawberry Street and Mason Avenue. If you were in the area this week, you would have noticed heavy machinery and a massive hole in Strawberry Street.

The Mirror contacted Town Manager Hozey to get the 411 on the issue:

The property owner there was having some work done to renovate parts of their building, and they needed to have a contractor run additional utility connections.  During that work, an old underground fuel tank was discovered with some residual fuel left inside, which then started leaking.  This prompted a large response from the state (DEQ and VDOT).  The Town also responded to help where possible, though this is mostly a state-jurisdictional issue.  My understanding is that they got most of the problem cleaned up yesterday.  But work will continue there for a while longer as the contractor/owner works with the state to button things up.

Images by Frank Wendell.