Taft Avenue Sewer Improvement

Taft Avenue Sewer Improvement Project

Starting Monday, December 9, OC San will kick off construction on the Taft Avenue Sewer Improvement Project with potholing work along Taft Avenue, between Glassell Street and Tustin Street. This marks the first step in a major effort to improve the reliability and capacity of the regional sewer system in the City of Orange.

Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming work:

Location: Along Taft Avenue, starting near Glassell Street and moving towards Tustin Street

• When:Starting Monday, December 9 and ongoing for several weeks
• Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • No work will be performed on Christmas Week and New Year's Day
• Impacts:
  • Reduced traffic lanes
  • Traffic control while work is being performed
  • Increase in activity and noise levels
  • Following this activity sewer replacement work will commence

Project Description: 

The Taft Avenue Sewer Improvement Project will replace and relocate a portion of the Taft Sewer in the City of Orange.

This project will upsize almost two miles of pipe along Taft Avenue from Glassell Street to Sacramento Street, northbound on Sacramento Street to Brentford Avenue, to Breckenridge Street to Meats Avenue. The current pipe ranges between 12 to 15 inches and will be upsized to 18 to 21 inches.

A portion of the sewer that currently runs along Tustin Street will be relocated to North Sacramento Street where there is more room to install a larger pipe and facilitates the future maintenance of the pipeline.

Project Schedule: December 2024 - Fall 2026