requires more work than expected

BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Further investigation has revealed the damage to the 87-inch-diameter stormwater pipeline under Oxford Avenue at Navajo Street that caused a sinkhole on June 22 is more extensive than the City of Englewood previously thought.

According to a statement from the city released July 24, this new development will change the repair e orts of the city. Completion of the construction is on track for mid-August.

e statement said the damaged portion of the pipe is adjacent to the retaining wall near the Oxford Station apartment complex.

“ is requires a 108-inch-diameter casing pipe to be bored beneath the retaining wall to protect the wall and building from damage during the repair,” the release said.

e old, corrugated metal pipe will be replaced with a more reinforced concrete 87-inch-diameter pipe that