The right southbound lane has been closed daily on South Detroit Street this week as city public works crews replace water lines that connect downtown buildings to the main water line.
City Spokesman Lee Warren said the crews are working "to mitigate any lead that might be in there."
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"Typically that's something taken care of by the building property owners, but we want to help facilitate that in advance of our downtown construction safety project that will be commencing," Warren said.
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It is a project of the Ohio Department of Transportation. Lee said the plans are to repave streets, install bicycle paths and change the traffic-signal configuration. That work is expected to start soon and will continue for the next several months.
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