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Indianapolis on a cloudy march morning south of downtown indianapolis near lucas oil stadium a group of engineers journalists and city utility officials cram into a cylindrical steel cage. Known as mamajo is digging a nearly five mile long deep rock sewer tunnel more than 200 feet below the surface. The tunnel is the largest public works project ever undertaken in fort wayne indianas second largest city.
A large sewer line runs directly underneath 28th and meridian where workers are building a new sewer drop shaft to get raw sewage out of the main pipe and into the deep rock tunnel. 18 2015 the cavernous dig indy tunnel project currently underway beneath the streets of indianapolis is on the verge of growing even larger. The tunnel is the largest public works project ever undertaken in fort wayne indianas second largest city.
Deep rock tunnel connector in an effort to improve the water quality for the city of indianapolis indiana citizens energy group looked to build a combined sewer overflow cso collection system at multiple locations. Its a key part of fort waynes 240 million long term control plan to significantly. Its now pushing toward the state fairgrounds where it will eventually have three more tunnels feeding into it a man made subterranean system that is growing by as much as 200 feet a day.