Ocoee Utilities begins W.O. Industrial Park upgrade

“It consists of rehabilitation of a lift station, taking a small lift station out and repairing about 700 to 800 feet of sewer main,” Ocoee Utilities Director Charles Smith said. “It’s just an ongoing sewer project to fix some deficiencies in the old lift station and facilitate better sewer mains.”

During this project to rehabilitate Lift Station No. 10 and remove Lift Station No. 9 along Enterprise Street, which Smith expects to last about eight weeks, closures of lanes and even the entire middle section of the street will be frequent.

“Drivers should be aware that there will be no through traffic for a period of time starting Monday, for about eight weeks,” Smith said. “If people are going to the west end of Enterprise Street, they should try to get to those addresses via Roper Parkway by way of Story Road. If they are visiting an address from the east end and come off the east side, they should come off of Maguire (Road).”

Drivers who wish to access properties at addresses of 350 or a lesser number should use Maguire Road to access Enterprise Street, and drivers who wish to access addresses at 375 or a greater number should use Roper Parkway by way of Story Road. Members of the Ocoee Utilities Department will post a detour for Maguire and Story roads during the road closure.

“If drivers know where they’re going, it should not take them any longer than a couple of minutes,” Smith said. “There might be some drivers who don’t watch the detours and don’t pay attention to where they are going. It may take them a little time. There shouldn’t be any queueing of traffic, just halfway down the road, it’s cut off.”

Because of that cutoff, some properties on Enterprise Street could be subject to limited access for certain periods. As for why this construction is happening at this time, the replacement has been necessary for a bit of time, and the utilities department staff wanted to start as soon as it could finish designing plans and getting the contractor for the project, Smith said.

For more information on the construction project in the West Orange Industrial Park, including a PDF diagram that outlines the project area, visit ocoee.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/644.

Anyone who would like more information on the project also may contact the Ocoee Utilities Department at (407) 905-3159 or [email protected].

Contact Zak Kerr at [email protected].