ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – An excavator dives toward a water main on Rockford’s southeast side. Construction crew members stroll past with shovels, copper pipes and an eye on the active machine.
“We’ll have two construction crews working every day,” said Matt Moorman, who serves as the project manager for the city’s lead service line replacement. “Each of those crews will have two appointments per day.“
On a warmer than usual March afternoon, a little less than a dozen workers break into patches. Moorman expects the program to ramp up with warmer weather ahead and a federal deadline encroaching…