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Read MoreChris Ortega manages traffic in and out of a construction zone along El Paso Blvd. where Wildcat Construction and Colorado Springs Utilities are laying new pipeline to replace 83-year-old water lines on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
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Members of Wildcat Construction and Colorado Springs Utilities work to lay 7,500 ft. of new 30-inch pipe to replace 83-year-old mains leading from reservoirs on Pikes Peak to the Mesa Hydro plant, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
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A worker from Wildcat Construction waits while an excavator prepares the next section of pipe in a trench at El Paso Blvd. on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Workers are laying 7,500 ft. of new 30-inch pipe to replace 83-year-old mains leading from reservoirs on Pikes Peak to the Mesa Hydro plant.
110717utilitiessorokercsucolorado springs utilitieswildcat constructionmesa hydro plantpikes peak reservoirs
Members of Wildcat Construction examine the next section of trench where they will lay new 30-inch pipe to replace 83-year-old mains leading from reservoirs on Pikes Peak to the Mesa Hydro plant, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. The project is one of opportunity as the older, continuously running, pipe will be briefly shut off in the spring while the Mesa plant undergoes renovations.
110717utilitiessorokercsucolorado springs utilitieswildcat constructionmesa hydro plantpikes peak reservoirs
Members of Wildcat Construction examine the next section of trench where they will lay new 30-inch pipe to replace 83-year-old mains leading from reservoirs on Pikes Peak to the Mesa Hydro plant, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. The project is one of opportunity as the older, continuously running, pipe will be briefly shut off in the spring while the Mesa plant undergoes renovations.
110717utilitiessorokercsucolorado springs utilitieswildcat constructionmesa hydro plantpikes peak reservoirs
Members of Wildcat Construction and Colorado Springs Utilities work to lay 7,500 ft. of new 30-inch pipe to replace 83-year-old mains leading from reservoirs on Pikes Peak to the Mesa Hydro plant, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
20171103utilitiessorokercsucolorado springs utilitieswildcat constructionmesa hydro plantpikes peak reservoirs
Members of Wildcat Construction talk at a new construction zone on El Paso Blvd., where workers will dig down about 27 feet and then under the historic El Paso bridge and Manitou Avenue, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
110717utilitiessorokercsucolorado springs utilitieswildcat constructionmesa hydro plantpikes peak reservoirs
Members of Wildcat Construction and Colorado Springs Utilities work to lay 7,500 ft. of new 30-inch pipe to replace 83-year-old mains leading from reservoirs on Pikes Peak to the Mesa Hydro plant, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
20171103utilitiessorokercsucolorado springs utilitieswildcat constructionmesa hydro plantpikes peak reservoirs
Members of Wildcat Construction and Colorado Springs Utilities work to lay 7,500 ft. of new 30-inch pipe to replace 83-year-old mains leading from reservoirs on Pikes Peak to the Mesa Hydro plant, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
20171103utilitiessorokercsucolorado springs utilitieswildcat constructionmesa hydro plantpikes peak reservoirs
Members of Wildcat Construction and Colorado Springs Utilities work to lay 7,500 ft. of new 30-inch pipe to replace 83-year-old mains leading from reservoirs on Pikes Peak to the Mesa Hydro plant, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
20171103utilitiessorokercsucolorado springs utilitieswildcat constructionmesa hydro plantpikes peak reservoirs
Members of Wildcat Construction and Colorado Springs Utilities work to lay 7,500 ft. of new 30-inch pipe to replace 83-year-old mains leading from reservoirs on Pikes Peak to the Mesa Hydro plant, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
20171103utilitiessorokercsucolorado springs utilitieswildcat constructionmesa hydro plantpikes peak reservoirs