Editor’s note: The following announcement was provided by the City of Whitewater.

Starting July 31, 2023, Indian Mound Parkway south of Walworth Avenue [commonly nicknamed “The Bridge to Nowhere”] will be closed to all traffic for approximately three weeks. Construction is scheduled to start on the Southwest water main project connecting the dead-end water main at the water tower to a dead-end water main by the railroad tracks. Due to the amount of expected construction traffic using Indian Mound Parkway, the street will be closed to all traffic, including pedestrians.

Editor’s note: According to the city’s Capital Improvement Program, this project will install approximately 2600 feet of watermain from Well #9 and the new water tower east to an existing water main that is stubbed in under the railroad tracks from Hwy 59. Well #9 feeds water to the distribution system via one pipe along Indian Mound Parkway. If that main would need to be shut down, water could not be introduced to the system from well #9 nor from the new water tower. The city now has only one other functioning water tower, and it is important for the new tower to have dual service to the distribution system.

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