City of Minneapolis, MN General Interest, 24 Apr 2018

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From YouTube: Minneapolis storm tunnels

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We went 80 feet under the city into the storm tunnels to check out the work being done that is often out of sight, out of mind.

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So my name is katrina kessler, I'm the director of the surface water and sewers.

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Division within the department of public works for the city of minneapolis. We are.

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In the storm tunnel 80 feet below the ground surface, we have a system of six.

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Hundred miles of storm pipe, many of which drained too deep storm tunnels.

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Like the one we're in.

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Many of the tunnels are too small and so we're making them larger and, at the same.

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Time making sure that the tunnels are structurally sound, we spend millions of.

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Dollars each year reinforcing rehabbing and reconstructing sections of the.

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Tunnel to make sure that we have capacity to serve the city for another.

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Hundred years.