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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) — Cleanup and restoration efforts continue in a neighborhood of West Hartford, five days after raw sewage flooded the area.
Monday morning, Linbrook Road had a full lane open to local traffic on the south side. The open lane stretched from Montclair Drive to the pumps.
While the initial cleanup was done on Sunday afternoon, the Metropolitan District Commision and its contractor continued to inspect the remaining sections of the lined pipe to evaluate the integrity of each section.
The MDC said it is also working with each homeowner to evaluate if it needs to install backwater valves on the properties. The valve is installed on a sewer line that’s designed to allow water or sewage to flow only one way, which is out of the homes.
MDC’s contractor finished the back-filling of the excavation trench. It was done to keep both the Linbrook Road area and the subsurface utilities safe and secure.
Moving forward, the contractor said it will be looking into an alternative lining product to replace a total of 300 feet of pipe liner.
It was last Wednesday that MDC told Eyewitness News that a liner, which protects aging pipes, collapsed.
It blocked the flow of sewage and caused it to backup and flood Linbrook Road.
MDC said it will not accept the same product that was used to line that pipe.
“It’s smelly,” said Tom McCue of West hartford. “You wouldn’t believe the things that have washed up on my lawn.”
As of Monday morning, MDC said four families were still displaced.
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